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The  Riverside  Drive  Route 

Buses  numbered  5.  Runs  both  from  Washington  Square  and  from 
Pennsylvania  Station  up  Fifth  Ave.  to  57th  St..  crosses  over  to 
Broadway,  passes  the  Maine  Memorial  at  Columbus  Circle  e.nd 
reaches  Riverside  Drive  at  72nd  Street.  From  this  point  on  until  the 
return  to  Broadway  at  135th  St.  you  are  afforded  a  continuous  out- 
look upon  the  Hudson  River  and  man-of-war  anchorage,  while  passing 
the  Soldiers'  and  Sailors'  Monument  at  89th  St.,  Columbia  University  at 
1 16th  to  120th  Sts.,  Grant's  Tomb  at  123d  St.,  and  historic  Claremont. 

The   Washington   Square — St.  Nicholas   Avenue- 
Polo  Grounds  Route 

Buses  numbered  2  and  3.  Takes  you  the  length  of  Fifth  Avenue 
from  Washington  Square  to  1 10th  St.,  with  its  ever  changing  panorama 
of  shops,  hotels,  public  buildings  and  magnificent  residences — the 
famous  "Millionaires  Row."  At  59th  Street  you  come  to  the  entrance 
of  Central  Park,  then  you  ride  northward  with  the  Park  on  your  left 
for  its  entire  length,  passing  the  Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art  at 
82nd  St.  At  1 10th  St.  the  Bus  crosses  to  Manhattan  Ave.,  giving  a 
glimpse  of  the  imposing  Cathedral  of  St.  John  the  Divine  and  the 
buildings  cf  Columbia  University,  subsequently  skirting  St.  Nicholas 
Park,  with  the  College  of  the  City  of  New  York,  on  the  way  to  the 
Polo  Grounds  at  1 55th  St. 

The  Cathedral  Parkway  and  Riverside  Drive  Route 

Buses  numbered  4.  Crosses  over  32nd  Street  from  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Station  to  Fifth  Ave.,  passes  the  Public  Library  at  40th  St.  to 
42nd  St.,  takes  you  within  a  block  of  the  Grand  Central  Terminal 
and  goes  by  St.  Patrick's  Cathedral  at  50th  St.  and  St.  Thomas's 
Church  at  53rd  St.  This  route  continues  along  the  famous  Avenue 
to  Cathedral  Parkway  which  it  follows  to  Riverside  Drive,  affording 
a  view  of  the  Cathedral  of  St.  John  the  Divine,  Columbia  University 
and  the  features  of  Riverside  Drive  from  1 10th  St.  to  135th  St. 

Other  routes  of  the  Bus  Lines  make  it  possible  for  you  to  reach  every  part  of  the 
city  in  comfort— "Open  air  to  everywhere."  and  you  will  find  the  service  typified  by 
a  courtesy  that  is  as  pronounced  a  feature  as  is  the  freedom  from  crowding  which 
travel  on  the  Fifth  Avenue  Bus  insures  for  its  patrons. 

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CONTENTS 


GREATER  NEW  YORK  .      .  5 
ARRIVING  AT  NEW  YOKK  .  7 
BAGGAGE  TRANSFER  FA- 
CILITIES    7 

CARRIAGE  AND  TAXICAB 

FACILITIES    ....  8 

THE  BRIDGES  ....  8 
SURFACE  CARS      .      .      .12 

ELEVATED  RAILWAYS       .  24 

UNDERGROUND  RAILWAYS  27 

THE  TUNNELS       ...  28 
FIFTH    AVENUE    COACH 

LINES 30 

STEAMSHIP  LINES'  PIERS  .  31 

FERRIES 36 

PLACES  OF  AMUSEMENT  .  38 

RAILROAD   STATIONS  .      .  39 
MANHATTAN    AND    THE 

BRCNX 40 

SIGHT-SEEING  ....  40 

HOTELS 41 

TELEGRAPH  HEADQUAR- 
TERS    42 

POST   OFFICE  .      .      .      .42 

BROADWAY       ....  43 

FIFTH  AVENUE      ...  46 

WALL  STREET       ...  48 
BIG  BUILDINGS     .      .      .51 

PLACES  OF  INTEREST       .  57 

PARKS  AND  DRIVES   .      .  62 
LIBRARIES    AND    ART 

GALLERIES   ....  79 

EDUCATIONAL  ....  89 
COLLEGES,  ACADEMIES  AND 

PRIVATE   SCHOOLS  .      .  94 


CLUBS  AND  SOCIETIES  .  97 
CITY  GOVERNMENT 

BUILDINGS    ....   100 
FINANCIAL    AND    COM- 
MERCIAL      ....    107 
PROMINENT    CHURCHES  .   109 
HOSPITALS  AND  PHILAN- 
THROPIC SOCIETIES       .    115 
BROOKLYN   AND   QUEENS  117 
THEATERS  IN  BROOKLYN    118 
BROOKLYN  HEIGHTS  .      .119 
PROMINENT  CHURCHES 

IN  BROOKLYN     .      .      .    120 
COLLEGES,  ACADEMIES  AND 
PRIVATE   SCHOOLS   IN 
BROOKLYN    .      .      .      .120 
PROSPECT  PARK    .'     .      .121 
GREENWOOD   CEMETERY     122 
NAVY  YARD     .      .      .      .124 

RICHMOND 124 

STATEN  ISLAND  .  .  .124 
THE  ISLANDS  .  .  .  .125 
CONEY  ISLAND  .  .  .126 

BRIGHTON 127 

MANHATTAN  BEACH  .  .127 
ROCKAWAY  .  .  .  .127 

ENVIRONS 127 

JERSEY  CITY   .      .      .      .128 

HOBOKEN 128 

WEEHAWKEN  ....  129 
LONG  ISLAND  .  .  .  .129 
ATLANTIC  HIGHLANDS  .  129 
LONG  BRANCH  .  .  .  130 
ASBURY  PARK  .  .  .  130 
OCEAN  GROVE  .  .  .130 


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SEEING  GREATER  NEW  YORK  RIGHT 


Our  winter  service  equipment  consists  of  fourteen  passenger 
pneumatic  tired,  glass  side  and  roof  automobiles,  properly 
heated  and  electric  lighted. 

For  the  summer  service  we  operate  fourteen  passenger,  pneu- 
matic tired,  side-door  cars  exclusively;  twelve-inch  upholster- 
ing insuring  the  same  comfort  as  in  private  touring  car. 

Our  trip  takes  you  through  the  Up-town  District  by  the 
Fifth  Avenue  homes  of  the  millionaires.  Central  Park, 
Grant's  Tomb  and  Riverside  Drive  skirting  the  beautiful 
Hudson  River.,  Along  the  famous  cafe  and  theatrical  section 
of  Broadway.  Through  the  financial  district.  Wall  Street 
the  Curb  Market,  and  the  old  Dutch  part  of  New  York 
Over  Brooklyn  Bridge,  by  Plymouth  Church,  and  othei 
interesting  points  in  Brooklyn,  returning  to  New  York  by  tht 
new  Manhattan  Bridge;  wonderful  views  of  New  York's 
marvelous  sky  line  and  the  harbor.  Through  the  Bowery, 
Ghetto,  Slums  and  East  Side,  including  many  interesting 
sights  in  Chinatown. 

Stops  at  Grant's  Tomb  and  the  Aquarium. 

This  tour  is  practically  three  trips  in  one,  consuming  in 
time  nearly  four  hours  and  the  fare  is  only  $2.50. 

We  also  operate  evening  and  night  trips. 

ROYAL  BLUE  LINE  CO.,  Inc. 

Office  and  Starting  Point:    HOTEL  McALPIN 
Phone  Greeley  752         33rd  Street  and  Broadway 

Royal  Blue  Line  Cars  are  also  operated  in  Boston,  Washington,  Philadelphia, 
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CONTENTS— Continued 


Academy  of  the  Sacred  Heart 90 

American  Museum  of  Natural  History  91 

Appellate  Court  House 105 

Aquarium 64 

Arriving  at  New  York 7 

Art  Association,  Brooklyn 119 

Art  Galleries 84 

Arthur,  President,  Statue 70 

Arverne 129 

Asbury  Park 130 

Assay  Office,  The 50 

Association    for    Improving    Condi- 
tions of  the  Poor 117 

Atlantic  Highlands 129 

Babylon , 129 

Baggage  Incoming 7 

Baggage  Outgoing 8 

Barge  Office 62 

Barnard  Annex 93 

Battery,  The 62 

Battery  Park. 62 

Baxter  Street 60 

Bay  Shore 129 

3eecher,  Henry  Ward,  Statue,  Brook- 
lyn  •. 117 

3ellevue  Hospital 115 

3ig  Buildings 51 

•Blackwell's  Island 126 

Blue  Point 129 

botanical  Gardens 77 

Bowery 59 

fowling   Green 64 

Bridge  of  Sighs 103 

"Brighton 127 

Jroadway 43 

ironx  Park 77 

irooklyn 117 

Brooklyn  Bridge 8 

Brooklyn  Heights 119 

-rooklyn  Library 119 

Brooklyn  Navy  Yard 124 

Bryant,  Wm.  Cullen,  Home 62 

Carriages 8 

'  "astle  Garden 63 

» Cathedral  of  St.  John  the  Divine. . .  in 

Caution  to  Travelers 8 

Central  Avenue 78 

Central  Park 70 

Chamber  of  Commerce 107 

Chinatown 58 

Church  of  the  Pilgrims,  Dr.  Dewey, 

Brooklyn 119 

Churches  in  Brooklyn 120 

Churches  in  Manhattan 109 

City  Government  Buildings 100 

City  Hall 100 

City  Hall  Park 65 

Claremont 74 

"  Cleopatra's  Needle" 70 

Clubs  and  Societies  in  Manhattan. . .  97 

Clubs  in  Brooklyn,  Leading 119 

College  of  the  City,  of  New  York 89 

Colleges,    Academies    and    Private 

Schools  in  Brooklyn 120 

Colleges,     Academies     and     Private 

Schools  in  Manhattan 94 

CaVumbia  University 92 

Ci  ley  Island 126 

£c  Tikling,  Roscoe,  Statue 70 


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Consolidated   Petroleum   and   Stock 

Exchange 108 

Cooper,  Peter,  Statue 62 

Cooper  Union 83 

Cotton  Exchange 109 

Criminal  Courts 103 

Curb  Market 108 

Custom  House 107 

De  Peyster,  Abraham,  Statue 65 

Eastchester 128 

Edgemere 129 

Educational 89 

Elevated  Railways 24 

Ellis  Island 125 

Emergency  Hospital 116 

Equitable  Building 39 

Ericsson,  John 62 

Ericsson,  John,  Statue 62 

Faculty  of  Medicine 91 

Farragut  Memorial 70 

Ferries 36 

Fifth  Avenue 46 

Fifth  Avenue  Coach  Lines 30 

Fifth  Ave.  Presbyterian  Church....  112 

First  Presbyterian  Church 112 

Financial  and  Commercial 107 

Five  Points  House  of  Industry 1 16 

Five  Points  Mission 116 

Flat  Iron  Building 

Forty-seven  Broad  Street 

Fourth  Ave.  Church 113 

Franklin,  Benjamin,  Statue 66 

Fraunces'  Tavern 61 

General  Mechanics  and  Tradesmen's 

Library 84 

Gingko  Tree 75 

Governor's  Island 126 

Grace  Church 112 

Gramercy  Park 66 

Grand  Central  Terminal Si 

Grant  Statue,  Brooklyn 123 

Grant's  Tomb 74 

Grave  of  an  Amiable  Child 76 

Greater  New  York 5 

Boroughs  of 5 

Greeley ,  Horace,  Statue 66 

Greenwood  Cemetery 122 

Hall  of  Fame. . . , 90 

Hall  of  Records 105 

Hamilton,  Alexander,  died 62 

Hamilton,  Alexander,  Statue 70 

Hen  Gate  Bridge 11 

Hamilton-Burr  Duel 129 

High  Bridge n 

Hoboken 128 

Hoffman  Island 126 

Holy  Trinity   Church,  Dr.    Melish, 

Brooklyn 119 

Hospitals  and  Philanthropic  Societies  115 

Hotels  in  Manhattan 41 

Hudson  Terminal  Buildings 54 

Irving,  Washington,  Bust 62 

Irving,  Washington,  lived 62 

Islands 125 

Islip 129 

Jersey  City 128 

John  St.  M.  E.  Church H3 

Joss  House 58 

5*  Judea" 60 


prince  George  Hotel 

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One  of  the  Most  Beautifully  Appointed  Hotels  in 


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Grand  Foyer  for  Ladies  and  Gentlemen  /Veu  ly  Added  on  Ground  Floor. 

800  ROOMS,  ALL  WITH  BATHS 

Highest  Standards.     Moderate  Prices.     Central  Location 

near  Shops  and  Theatres.     One  block  from 

Elevated  and  Subway  Stations. 

ROOM  AND  BATH,  one  person $2.00  and  up 

ROOM  AND  BATH,  two  persons 3.00  and  up 

PARLOR,  BEDROOM  AND  BATH 5.00  and  up 

Special  rates  to  permanent  guests. 

GEORGE  H.  NEWTON,  Manager 

Formerly  of  Fifth  Ave.  Hotel,  New  York,  and  Parker  House,  Boston. 


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CONTENTS— Continued 


Jumel  Mansion 

Kidd,  Captain,  lived 

Lafayette,  lived 

Leading  Clubs  of  Brooklyn 

Libraries  and  Art  Galleries 

Lincoln,  Statue 

"Little  Church,  'round  the  Corner," 

"   The 

Long  Beach 

Long  Branch 

Long  Island 

Long  Island  Coast 

Long  Island  Historical  Society 

Madison  Ave.  Church 

Madison  Square 

Madison  Square  Garden 

Maine  Monument 

Mall,  The  (Central  Park) 

Manhattan  and  the  Bronx 

Manhattan  Beach 

Manhattan  Bridge 

Manhattan  College 

Manhattan  Island 

Mercantile  Library 

Metropolitan  Life  Building 

Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art 

Morgan,  J.  P.   &  Co. 

Morgue 

Morningside  Park 

Mount  Morris  Park 

Mount  St.  Vincent  Convent  School . . 

Mount  Vernon 

Mulberry  Bend 

Municipal  Building 

Museum  of  Natural  History 

Museum  of  the  Brooklyn  Institute  . . 

Navy  Yard 

New  Bank  Clearing  House 

New  Rochelle 

New  York  Historical  Society 

New  York  Public  Library 

New  York  Stock  Exchange 

Normal  College 

Obelisk,  The 

Ocean  Grove 

Paine,  Tom,  lived 

Paine,  Tom,  died 

Park  Carriages 

"Parkhurst's"  Church 

Parks  and  Drives 

Pelham 

Pelham  Bay  Park 

Pennsylvania  Station 

Pilgrim  Fathers,  Statue 

Places  of  Amusement  in  Manhattan . 

Places  of  Interest 

Players  Club  House,  The 

Plymouth  Church,  Brooklyn 

Poe  Cottage 

Population 

Post  Office,   Manhattan 

Printing  House  Square 

Produce  Exchange 

Prohibition  Park,  Staten  Island 

Prominent  Churches  in  Brooklyn .... 
Prominent  Churches  in  Manhattan . . 

Prospect  Park  (Brooklyn) 

Public  Library 

Queensboro  Bridge 

Railroad  Stations  in  Manhattan 

Randall,  Richard,  Captain 

Randall's  Island 


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Richmond 124 

Riverside  Park 72 

Rockaway 127 

Russian  Quarter 60 

Sailor's  Snug  Harbor 125 

St.  Francis  Xavier's 80 

St.  John's  College 89 

St.  Marks  Church |  XIa 

St.  Nicholas  Avenue 78 

St.  Patrick's  Cathedral 113 

St.  Paul's  Church  and  Churchyard. .  in 

Seward,  Wm.  H.,  Statue 70 

Sherman,  Gen.  Wm.  T.,  Statue 70 

Sight-Seeing 40 

Singer  Building 57 

Society  for  Prevention  of  Crime 117 

Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty 

to  Animals 117 

Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty 

to  Children 117 

Soldiers  and  Sailors  Monument....  72 

Southern  Boulevard 78 

Speedway 78 

Staten  Island 124 

Statue  of  Liberty 57 

Statue  of  Nathan  Hale 65 

Steamship  Lines'  Piers 31 

Stock  Exchange 107 

Stuyvesant  Square 66 

Sub-treasury,  The 51 

Subways 27 

Surface  Cars 12 

Swinburne  Island 126 

Taxicabs 8 

Taylor,  Bayard,  Home 62 

Teachers'  College  and  Horace  Mann 

School 93 

Telegraph  Headquarters 42 

Temple  Emanu-El 113 

Theaters  in  Brooklyn 118 

Third  Collegiate  Church 109 

Tombs 103 

Trinity  Church 109 

Trinity  Churchyard no 

Tunnels 28 

Underground  Railways 27 

Union  Square 68 

Union  Theological  Seminary 90 

University  of  the  City  of  New  York . .  90 

Van  Cortlandt  Park 76 

Victory       Arch,      Prospect       Park, 

Brooklyn 121 

Wall  Street 48 

Washington,  Statue 51 

Washington,  Statue 68 

Washington,  Statue  by  Houdin 73 

Washington  Arch 69 

Washington  Bridge n 

Washington  Square 68 

Waterways 5 

Webster,  Daniel,  Once  the  home  of  62 

Weehawken 129 

West  Brighton  Beach 127 

Westchester 127 

Williamsburg  Bridge 9 

Woolworth  Building 55 

Worth,  Gen.  William  Jenkins,  Statue  70 

Yonkers 127 

Young  Men's  Christian  Association. .  117 

Young  Women 's  Christian  Association  117 

Zoological  Garden 77 


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Broadway,  Park  Place,  Barclay  St. 

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Bartholdi's  Statue  of   Liberty 

1  '/•  miles  from  the  Battery 

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GREATER  NEW  YORK 


Greater  New  York  has  an 
area  of  327.25  sq.  miles -and  is 
the  largest  city  in  the  world  in 
this  respect;  in  population  it 
ranks  second.  New  York  con- 
sists of  five  boroughs: 

Manhattan,  the  original  New 
York  City  (an  island),  and 
Blackwell's,  Ward's,  Governor's, 
and  Randall's  islands,  has  a 
total  area  of  22  sq.  miles. 

The  Bronx,  the  mainland 
north  of  Manhattan  Island,  and 
North  Brother,  South  Brother, 
Rikers,  City,  Rodman,  Hunter, 
and  Harts  islands,  has  a  total 
area  of  40 . 5  sq.  miles. 

Brooklyn,  a  portion  of  Long 
Island,  Coney  Island  (on  which 
are  located  the  Brighton  beaches 
and  Manhattan  Beach),  and  a 
number  of  islands  in  Jamaica 
Bay,  has  a  total  area  of  77.5 
sq.  miles. 

Queens,  a  portion  of  Long 
Island,  which  includes  Rock- 
away  Beach  and  numerous  small 
islands  in  Jamaica  Bay,  has  a 
total  area  of  130  sq.  miles. 

Richmond,  Staten  Island, 
has  an  area  of  57.25  sq.  miles. 

The  waterways  in  and 
around  Greater  New  York  are 
the  Harlem  River,  the  north- 
eastern boundary  of  Manhattan, 
separating  this  borough  from 
the  Bronx;  Hudson  River,  on 
the  west  of  Manhattan  and 
the  Bronx,  separating  them 

NOTE:  The  areas  stated  above  include 
land  and  water. 


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from  the  New  Jersey  shore;  East  River,  east  of  Manhattan 
and  the  Bronx,  and  Long  Island  Sound,  south  of  the  Bronx, 
separating  those  boroughs  from  Queens  and  Brooklyn;  to  the 
south,  Upper  New  York  Bay,  and  The  Narrows,  between 
Brooklyn  and  Richmond;  Newark  Bay,  Kill  van  Kull,  Arthur 
Kill,  and  Raritan  Bay,  separating  Richmond  from  New  Jersey; 
Lower  Bay  and  the  Atlantic  Ocean  south  of  Brooklyn,  and 
Jamaica  Bay,  southeast  of  Brooklyn  and  south  of  Queens. 
Numerous  other  bays  indent  the  shores  of  the  several  boroughs. 
The  total  water  front  of  Greater  New  York  is  341.22  miles; 
Lower  New  York  Bay  and  adjacent  inland  waters  cover  about 
88  sq.  miles,  and  Upper  Bay  about  1 5  sq.  miles.  The  harbor 
is  one  of  the  largest  and  best  of  the  world's  great  ports.  The 
Hudson  River  is  navigable  for  150  miles,  and  East  River  leads 
through  Long  Island  Sound  to  the  Atlantic  Ocean  and  all  the 
world  beyond. 

Population.  The  total  population  of  the  city  is  about 
4,985,000,  and  the  rapidity  of  its  growth  is  graphically  told  by 
comparison.  From  1901  to  1909  London  increased  in  popu- 
lation 1.53  per  cent  per  year;  Paris,  0.48  per  cent  per  year; 
Berlin,  1.44  per  cent  per  year;  New  York,  3.32  per  cent  per  year. 

From  1890  to  1910  the  population  of  Brooklyn  increased 
100  per  cent,  the  total  in  1910  being  1,634,351.  During  the 
same  period  the  Bronx  increased  from  88,908  inhabitants  to 
430,980;  Queens  from  87,050  to  284,041;  and  Richmond  from 
51,693  to  85,969. 

The  contiguous  territory,  the  inhabitants  of  which  go  in 
and  out  of  Manhattan  each  day,  has  a  population  about  three 
fourths  as  great  as  that  of  the  city  itself. 

Manhattan  Island.  In  1626  Manhattan  Island  was  bought 
from  the  Indians  for  goods  valued  at  $24.  In  1912  the 
assessed  value  of  real  estate  in  the  city  was  $7,861,898,890. 

The  borough  of  Manhattan  contains  the  great  business  and 
amusement  centers.  The  peculiar  dimensions  of  Manhattan 
Island,  with  an  extreme  length  of  about  10  miles  and  a  maxi- 
mum width  of  but  2  miles,  make  it  in  itself  a  city  of  great 
distances,  yet  its  area  is  less  than  7  per  cent  of  the  total  area 
of  Greater  New  York. 

In  the  southern  end  of  this  island,  in  the  vicinity  of  Wall 
St.,  is  the  financial  district,  with  its  banking  institutions, 
insurance  companies,  railroad  offices,  and  industrial  corpora- 
tions. The  big  department  stores  with  their  thousands  of 
employees,  the  mammoth  hotels,  the  theaters,  and  the  rail- 
way stations  are  located  in  the  middle  section  of  Manhattan 
Borough;  and  farther  north  the  residence  sections  extend  all 


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Bowling  Green 

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the  way  to  the  borough  of  the  Bronx.  Apart  from  these  boroughs 
the  largest  residential  sections  in  Greater  New  York  are  Brook- 
lyn and  Queens. 

Transportation  facilities  completed  since  1900  include 
three  new  bridges  (all  larger  than  the  original  Brooklyn  Bridge) 
crossing  East  River  to  Brooklyn,  nine  tunnels  under  that  river, 
and  four  tunnels  under  the  Hudson  River.  The  cost  of  these 
improvements  was  $450,000,000,  and  plans  now  accepted  for 
additional  means  of  transportation  will  entail  an  expenditure  of 
$300,000,000. 

ARRIVING  AT  NEW  YORK 

Railroad  tickets  reading  via  New  York  to  points  beyond 
contain  a  coupon  entitling  the  holder  to  ride  in  transfer  coaches 
(which  meet  all  the  great  express  trains)  between  railway 
stations,  between  stations  and  ferries,  or  to  any  hotel  or  other 
suitable  stopping-place  between  these  points. 

Incoming  Baggage.  On  all  important  trains,  when  approach- 
ing the  city,  a  responsible  uniformed  solicitor  passes  through 
the  coaches.  He  will  take  your  checks,  give  you  a  receipt,  and 
deliver  your  baggage  to  any  part  of  Manhattan,  Brooklyn,  or 
Jersey  City.  Payment  may  be  made  in  advance  or  on  receipt 


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of  the  baggage.  Ordi- 
nary baggage,  such  as  a 
steamer  trunk,  may  be 
taken  with  you  on  cabs, 
carriages ,  or  taxicabs . 
Hotels  send  for  your 
baggage  promptly. 

Caution.  Never  give 
up  your  checks  to  any 
one  but  a  uniformed 
train  solicitor,  or  to  a 
regular  office  agent,  or  a 
porter  of  either  the  trans- 
portation company  hold- 
ing the  baggage  or  of 
the  express  company  to 
which  you  mean  to 
intrust  it.  Always  take 
a  receipt.  If  you  your- 
self claim  your  baggage, 
never  give  up  your  checks 
to  any  person  except  the 
uniformed  baggagemen 
of  the  railway  or  steam- 
boat line  by  which  you 
have  traveled.  If  you  are  going  to  a  hotel,  or  expect  to  meet 
or  visit  friends  residing  in  the  city,  it  would  be  best  probably 
to  keep  your  checks  and  let  the  hotel  employee  or  your  friends 
arrange  for  the  delivery  of  your  baggage. 

Outgoing  Baggage.  By  previous  arrangement,  an  express- 
man will  call  at  your  house  and  take  your  baggage  to  any 
station.  The  transfer  company  will  check  your  baggage  from 
the  house  to  your  destination  in  any  part  of  the  country,  so 
that  you  need  have  no  trouble  with  it  at  the  railway  station. 
You  must  have  bought  your  railway  ticket  in  advance. 

Carriages  and  Taxicabs  for  hire  will  be  found  at  all  rail- 
road stations.  When  engaging  a  conveyance  a  distinct  under- 
standing should  be  had  as  to  the  charge,  so  that  at  the  end 
of  the  trip  there  may  be  no  dispute  about  the  payment. 

THE  BRIDGES 

Brooklyn  Bridge,  the  first  bridge  to  span  the  East  River, 
has  its  termini  in  City  Hall  Park,  Manhattan ;  and  at  Sands  & 
Washington  Sts.,  Brooklyn.  Work  on  the  construction  of  this 
bridge  started  in  January,  1870,  and  the  bridge  was  opened  to 


America 

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Brooklyn  Bridge 

City  Hall  Park,  Manhattan  Sands  Street,  Brooklyn 

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traffic  in  May,  1883.  When  completed  it  was  considered  one  of 
the  seven  v-ronders  of  the  world,  and  even  today  there  are  but  few 
similar  structures  surpassing  it  in  size  and  none  in  architec- 
tural beauty.  No  "stranger  within  the  gates"  can  claim  to 
have  really,  seen  New  York  unless  he  has  ridden  or  walked 
across  this  bridge,  preferably  the  latter.  An  idea  of  the  size  of 
the  bridge  may  be  obtained  from  the  following:  length  over 
all,  5889  ft.,  river  span,  1595^  ft.,  each  land  span,  930  ft., 
Manhattan  approach,  1562^2  ft.,  Brooklyn  approach,  971  ft., 
height  above  river,  135  ft.  in  the  center,  119^  ft-  at  either 
tower,  width,  85  ft. 

Williamsburg  Bridge.  The  phenomenal  growth  of 
Greater  New  York  made  additional  bridges  between  the  two 
principal  boroughs  imperative.  Plans  were  drawn  and  work  on 
the  first  of  a  trio  of  mammoth  bridges  was  commenced  in 
October,  1896,  and  finished  in  December,  1903.  Williamsburg 
Bridge  extends  from  Clinton  &  Delancy  Sts.,  Manhattan,  to 
Havemeyer  St.  &  Broadway,  Brooklyn.  Its  entire  length  is 
7200  ft.,  that  of  the  main  span  1600  ft.,  width  over  all,  118  ft., 
height  above  the  river,  135  ft.  in  the  center,  121  ft.  at  either 
tower. 

Queensboro  Bridge.  The  second  bridge  of  the  trio  to  be 
built  was  that  between  the  boroughs  of  Manhattan  and  Queens 
from  59th  &  6oth  Sts.,  Manhattan,  across  Blackwells  Island  to 
Jane  St.,  Long  Island  City.  The  style  of  Queensboro  Bridge 
is  materially  different  from  that  of  its  predecessors,  they  being 
of  the  supension  type  and  this  of  the  cantilever.  Construc- 
tion was  commenced  in  July,  1901,  and  the  bridge  opened  to 
traffic  in  1909.  Its  total  length  is  8601  ft.,  west  channel  span 
1 1 82  ft .,  east  channel  span  984  ft.  The  bridge  may  be  reached 
by  trolley  cars  operated  from  the  foot  of  W.  42d  St.,  via  42d 


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Williamsburg  Bridge 

Delancy  and  Clinton  Sts.,  Manhattan  Broadway,  Brooklyn 

Page  9 

St.  &  Third  Ave.,  or  by  any  of  the  following  lines:  Second 
Ave.  elevated  to  57th  St.,  Third  Ave.  elevated  to  59th  St.,  sub- 
way, Sixth  &  Ninth  Ave.  elevated  to  59th  St.,  thence  cross- 
town  trolley. 

Manhattan  Bridge,  the  last  of  this  trio,  and  since  the 
advent  of  subways,  to  bridge  the  East  River,  extends  from  the 


Queensboro  Bridge 

E.  59th  St.  and  Second  Ave.,  Manhattan     Blackwell's  Island     Long  Island  City 

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Bowery  &  Canal  St.,  Manhattan,  to  Nassau  &  Bridge  Sts., 
Brooklyn.  Work  on  the  Manhattan  Bridge  was  begun  in  1901 
and  the  bridge  opened  to  foot  passengers  in  December,  1909. 
A  noticeable  feature  of  this  bridge  is  its  steel  open-work 
towers,  which  give  it  a  fairy-like  appearance  when  contrasted 
with  the  massive  stone  towers  of  the  other  bridges. 

Hell  Gate  Bridge  (now  under  construction),  from  an 
engineering  standpoint,  is  probably  the  greatest  of  all  the  East 
River  bridges.  It  extends  from  East  I4ist  St.,  Bronx,  across 
Randall's  Island  and  Ward's  Island  to  Astoria,  L.  I. 


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Manhattan  Bridge 
Bowery  and  Canal  St.,  Manhattan 

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Flatbush  Ave.,  Brooklyn 


This  Bridge  over  Hell  Gate  will  enable  through  passengers 
to  proceed  without  making  a  change  at  New  York  on  transcon- 
tinental journeys,  and  will  also  save  considerable  time  in  the 
transit  of  through  freight  across  New  York  City.  It  will  be 
operated  by  what  is  known  as  the  New  York  Connecting 


E.  141st  Street,  Bronx 


Hell  Gate  Bridge 
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Astoria,  Long  Island 


Railroad,  a  line  that  joins  the  New  York,  New  Haven  & 
Hartford  Railroad  system  with  the  Pennsylvania  Lines. 

Washington  Bridge.  The  boroughs  of  Manhattan  and 
Bronx  are  connected  by  a  massive  cantilever  bridge  extending 
from  iSist  St.,  Manhattan,  to  Aqueduct  Ave.,  Bronx. 

High  Bridge.  Just  south  of  Washington  Bridge  is  High 
Bridge,  carrying  the  Croton  Aqueduct  of  New  York  City's 
water  supply  into  Manhattan.  This  bridge  is  available  only  to 
foot  passengers  and  extends  from  Aqueduct  Ave.  to  I74th  St. 


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SURFACE  CARS 

One  of  the  cheapest  and  easiest  ways  to  see  New  York  is 
to  spend  a  day  or  two  riding  over  the  various  trolley  lines, 
particularly  during  mild  weather,  when  the  so-called  summer 
or  open  cars  are  in  service. 

NEW  YORK  RAILWAYS  COMPANY'S  LINES 

Office,  165  Broadway.  Lost  Property  Office,  820  Eighth 
Ave. 

Ninth  Ave.  Line.  Leaves  ft.  Cortlandt  St.,  runs  through 
Cortlandt  St.  to  Greenwich,  to  Ninth  Ave.,  to  53d  St.  Returns 
by  same  route  to  Gansevoort  St.,  to  Washington  St.,  to  ft. 
Cortlandt  St. 

Leaves  ft.  Christopher  St.,  runs  through  Christopher  St. 
to  Greenwich,  to  Ninth  Ave.,  to  53d  St.  Returns  by  same 
route  to  Gansevoort  St.,  to  Washington  St.,  to  ft.  Chris- 
topher St. 

Eighth  Ave.  Line.  Leaves  ft.  Whitehall  St.,  runs  through 
Battery  PL  to  Greenwich  St.,  to  Trinity  PL,  to  Church  St., 
to  Barclay  St.,  to  W.  Broadway,  to  Canal  St.,  to  Hudson  St. 


Bowling  Green 

Looking  North  on  Broadway 

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Looking  North  from  Whitehall  Builuing 


to  Eighth  Ave.,  to  Macombs  Lane,  to  Harlem  River  and 
Central  Bridge.  Also  by  same  route  to  Eighth  Ave.,  to  isgth 
St.,  and  Harlem  River.  Returns  by  same  route  to  W.  Broadway, 
to  Fulton  St.,  to  Church  St.,  to  Trinity  PI.,  to  Greenwich  St., 
to  Battery  PI.,  to  State  St.,  to  ft.  Whitehall  St. 


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Branch  Line.  Leaves  ft.  Cortlandt  St.,  to  Greenwich 
St.,  to  W.  Broadway,  then  by  same  route  as  above;  south- 
bound cars  use  Dey  and  Washington  Sts. 

Seventh  Ave.  Line.  Leaves  Sixth  Ave.  and  8th  St.,  runs 
through  Greenwich  St.  to  Seventh  Ave.,  to  59th  St.,  return- 
ing by  same  route.  Some  of  the  cars  of  the  Brooklyn  Branch, 
8th  St.  line,  are  operated  northbound  on  Greenwich  St.  and 
Seventh  Ave.  to  59th  St.,  returning  to  Brooklyn  over  same 
route  as  other  8th  St.  cars  from  junction  Greenwich  St.  and 
8th  St. 

Sixth  &  Amsterdam  Ave.  Line.  Leaves  ft.  Whitehall  St., 
runs  through  Battery  PI.  to  Greenwich  St.,  to  Trinity  PL,  to 
Church  St.,  to  Barclay  St.,  to  W.  Broadway,  to  4th  St.,  to 
Sixth  Ave.,  to  53d  St.,  to  Ninth  Ave.,  to  Columbus  Ave.,  to 
65th  St.,  to  Broadway,  to  yist  St.,  to  Amsterdam  Ave.,  to 
1 25th  St.  &  Broadway.  Some  cars  continue  on  Sixth  Ave. 
from  53d  to  59th  Sts.,  returning  by  same  route  to  3d  St.,  to 
W.  Broadway,  to  Fulton  St.,  to  Church  St.,  to  Trinity  PL,  to 
Greenwich  St.,  to  Batteiy  PL,  to  State  St.,  to  ft.  Whitehall  St. 

Broadway  Lines. 
Leave  ft.  Whitehall  St.,  run 
through  Whitehall  St.  to 
Broadway,  to  45th  St.,  to 
Seventh  Ave.,  to  59th  St. 
(Central  Park).  Return  by 
same  route  to  Broadway, to 
StateSt.,to ft/Whitehall  St. 
Columbus  Ave.  Line. 
Runs  through  Whitehall  St. 
to  Broadway,  to 45th  St., to 
Seventh  Ave., to  W.  53d  St., 
to  Ninth  Ave.,  to  Colum- 
bus Ave.,  to  i ogth  St.,  to 
Manhattan  Ave.,  to  n6th 
St.,  to  Lenox  Ave.,  to  I46th 
St.  Returns  by  same  route 
to  State  St.,  to  ft.  White- 
hall St. 

Lexington  Ave.  Line. 
Leaves  Bowling  Green, 
runs  through  Whitehall  St. 
to  Broadway,  to  23d  St.,  to 

Cotton  Exchange  Lexington    Av6.,     tO     1 1 6th 

Broad  near  William  Street  St.,  to  LenOX  Ave.,  tO  1 46th 

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Broad  and   Pearl  Sts 

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on  Lexington  Ave.  to 
!3istSt.).  Returns  by 
same  route  to  State 
St.,  Bowling  Green. 
Broadway&Am- 
sterdam  Ave.  Line. 
Leaves  Broadway  & 
Houston  St.,  runs 
through  Broadway  to 
45th  St.,  to  Seventh 
Ave.,  to  53d  St.,  to 
Ninth  Ave., to  Colum- 
bus Ave.,  to  Broad- 
way, to  Amsterdam 
Ave.,  to  1 25th  St.  & 
Broadway.  Returns 
by  same  route. 

Canal  St.  Gross- 
town  Line.  Leaves 
Hudson  St.,  between 
Broomed  Watts  Sts., 
runs  through  Hudson 
St.  to  Canal  St.,  to  Center  St.,  to  Walker  St.  Returns  by 
same  route. 

Fourth  Ave.  &  Madison  Line.  Leaves  Post  Office,  runs 
through  Park  Row  to  Center  St.,  to  Grand  St.,  to  Bowery,  to 
Fourth  Ave.,  to  E.  42d  St.,  to  Madison*  Ave.,  to  I35th  St. 
Returns  by  Madison  Ave.  to  E.  42d  St.,  to  Fourth  Ave.,  to 
Bowery,  to  Broome  St.,  to  Center  St.,  to  Brooklyn  Bridge,  to 
Park  Row,  to  Post  Office.  Branch  from  Fourth  Ave.  &  Astor 
PI.  to  Broadway  &  Astor  PI.  (Some  of  the  Fourth  Ave.  & 
Madison  Ave.  cars  southbound  are  operated  from  the  Bowery 
at  Delancy  St.,  eastward  over  Williamsburg  Bridge  to  Brook- 
lyn, returning  by  same  route  to  Bowery  and  Delancy  St., 
thence  northward  on  regular  Fourth  Ave.  route.) 

Chambers  &  Madison  Sts.  Crosstown Line.  Leaves  ft. 
Grand  St.,  runs  through  Cherry  St.  to  Jackson  St.,  to  Madison 
St.,  to  New  Chambers  St.,  to  Chambers  St.,  to  ft.  Chambers 
St.,  North  River.  Returns  through  West  St.  to  Duane  St.,  to 
New  Chambers  St.,  to  Madison  St.,  to  Jackson  St.,  to  Cherry 
St.,  to  Grand  St.  Ferry. 

Bleecker  St.  Line.  Leaves  Broadway  &  Bleecker  St. 
(except  Sundays  and  holidays),  runs  through  Bleecker  St.  to 
MacDougal  St.,  to  W.  4th  St.,  to  W.  I2th  St.,  to  Hudson  St., 
to  1 4th  St.,  &  Ninth  Ave.  Returns  through  Hudson  St.  to 
Bleecker  St.,  to  Broadway. 


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Desbrosses  St.  &  Ave.  C  Line.  Leaves  ft.  Desbrosses  St., 
North  River,  runs  through  West  St.  to  Watts  St.,  to  Greenwich 
St. ,  to  Charlton  St . ,  to  Prince  St . ,  to  Bowery,  to  Stanton  St. ,  to 
Pitt  St.,  to  Ave.  C,  to  iSthSt.,  to  Ave.  A,  to  24th  St.  Branch  on 
23d  St.  from  Ave.  A  to  East  River.  Returns  from  23d  St. 
through  Ave.  A  to  iyth  St.,  to  Ave.  C,  to  3d  St.,  to  First  Ave., 
to  E.  Houston  St.,  to  W.  Houston  St.,  to  Washington  St.,  to 
Watts  St.,  to  West  St.,  to  ft.  Desbrosses  St. 

Desbrosses  St.  &  Sixth  Avenue  Line.  Makes  connec- 
tion from  ft.  of  Desbrosses  St.  by  transfer  to  Spring  St.  and 
then  connects  with  the  Sixth  Ave.  Line  at  4th  St. 

Spring  &  Delancy  St.  Line.  Leaves  ft.  Grand  St.,  runs 
through  East  St.  to  Delancy  St.,  to  Bowery,  to  Spring  St.,  to 
W.  Broadway,  to  Broome  St.,  to  Sullivan  St.,  to  Watts  St., 
to  West  St.,  to  ft.  Desbrosses  St.  Returns  by  same  route. 

Christopher  &  8th  St.  Line.  Leaves  ft.  of  Christopher 
St. ,  runs  through  Christopher  St.  to  Greenwich  Ave. ,  to  8th  St. 
to  St.  Marks  PI.,  to  Ave.  A,  to  E.  loth  St.,  to  ft.  E.  loth  St. 
Returns  by  E.  loth  St.  to  Ave.  A,  to  E.  9th  St.,  to  Stuyvesant 
PI.,  to  8th  St.,  to  Greenwich  Ave.,  to  W.  loth  St.,  to  Wash- 
ington St.,  to  ft.  Christopher  St. 

Brooklyn  Branch.  South  on  Ave.  A  to  Essex  St.,  to 
Delancy  St.,  to  Williamsburg  Bridge,  to  Brooklyn.  Returns 
over  bridge  to  Clinton  St.,  to  Ave.  B,  to  2d  St.,  to  Ave.  A. 

22d  St.,  14th  St.  &  Williamsburg  Bridge  Line.  Leaves 
ft.  W.  22d  St.,  runs  through  22d  St.  to  Marginal  St.,  to  I4th  St. 
to  Ave.  A,  to  Essex  St.,  to  Delancy  St.,  to  bridge,  via  bridge 
to  Brooklyn  Plaza.  Returns  via  the  bridge  to  Clinton  St., 
to  Ave.  B,  to  2d  St.,  to  Ave.  A,  to  I4th  St.,  to  Marginal  St., 
to  22d  St.,  to  ft.  22d  St. 

23d  St.  Crosstown  Line.  Runs  across  the  city  between  ft. 
W.  23d  St.  and  ft.  E.  23d  St. 

34th  St  Branch.  Leaves  ft.  W.  23d  St.,  runs  through  23d 
St.  to  Second  Ave.,  to  E.  34th  St.,  to  ft.  E.  34th  St.  Returns 
by  same  route. 

34th  St.  Crosstown  Line.  Leaves  ft.  E.  34th  St.,  runs 
through  34th  St.  to  Tenth  Ave.,  to  42d  St.,  to  ft.  W.  42d  St. 
Returns  by  same  route. 


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Broad  Street  near  Exchange  Place 

Curb  Market  in  foreground 

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86th  St.  Crosstown  Line.  Leaves  ft.  E.  Q2dSt.  (Astoria Ferry), 
runs  through  Ave.  A  to  86th  St.,  to  Madison  Ave.,  to  85th 
St.,  to  Transverse  Road  through  Central  Park,  to  86th  St., 
and  Central  Park  West.  Returns  by  same  route. 

n6th  St.  Crosstown  Line.  Leaves  io6th  St.  &  Amsterdam 
Ave.,  runs  through  io6th  St.  to  Columbus  Ave.,  to  lopth  St., 
to  Manhattan  Ave.,  to  n6th  St.,  to  East  River.  Returns  by 
same  route. 

1 45th  St.  Crosstown  Line.  Runs  through  i45th  St.  from 
Broadway  to  Lenox  Ave.  Returns  by  same  route. 

THIRD  AVENUE  RAILWAY  COMPANY'S  LINES 

Office,  Third  Ave.  &  isoth  St. 

Third  &  Amsterdam  Ave.  Line.  Leaves  Post  Office  at 
Park  Row,  runs  through  Park  Row  to  Bowery,  to  Third  Ave., 
to  i3oth  St.  Returns  by  same  route. 

Fort  George  Branch.  Every  second  car  runs  over  above 
route  to  Third  Ave.  and  12 5th  St.,  thence  through  12 5th  St. 
to  Manhattan  St.,  to  Amsterdam  Ave.,  to  igsth  St.  (Fort 
George).  Returns  by  same  route. 

I25th  St.  Crosstown  Line.  Leaves  ft.  E.  i25th  St.,  runs 
through  1 2 5th  St.  and  Manhattan  St.  to  ft.  W.  i3oth  St. 
Returns  by  same  route. 

110th  St.  &  St.  Nicholas  Line.  Leaves  130th  St.  Ferry, 
runs  through  Manhattan  St.  to  St.  Nicholas  Ave.,  to  110th 
St.,  to  ft.  E.  110th  St.  Returns  by  same  route. 

Ave.  B  Line.  Leaves  Park  Row  &  Ann  St.,  runs  through 
Park  Row  to  E.  Broadway,  to  Clinton  St.,  to  2d  St.,  to  Ave. 
B,  to  1 4th  St.,  to  First  Ave.,  to  34th  St.,  to  ft.  E.  34th  St. 
Returns  through  34th  St.  to  First  Ave.,  to  i4th  St.,  to  Ave. 
B,  to  2d  St.,  to  Ave.  A,  to  Houston  St., 'to  Essex  St.,  to  E. 
Broadway,  to  Park  Row. 

Kingsbridge  Line.  Leaves  First  Ave.  &  12 5th  St.,  runs 
through  1 2 5th  St.,  to  Manhattan  St.,  to  Amsterdam  Ave.  & 
62d  St.,  to  Broadway,  to  Harlem  Ship  Canal,  Kings  Bridge 
(225th  St.).  Returns  by  same  route. 

Canal  &  Grand  St.  Line.  Leaves  ft.  Grand  St.,  East  River, 
runs  through  Grand  St.  to  E.  Broadway,  to  Canal,  to  Bowery. 
Returns  by  same  route. 

Grand  &  Desbrosses  St.  Line.  Leaves  ft.  Desbrosses  St., 
runs  through  Desbrosses  St.  to  Washington,  to  Vestry,  to 
Canal,  to  Sullivan,  to  Grand  St.,  to  ft.  Grand  St.  Returns  by 
Grand  St.  to  Sullivan,  to  Canal,  to  Vestry,  to  Greenwich, 
to  Desbrosses,  to  ft.  Desbrosses  St. 


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Brooklyn  Branch.  East- 
bound  takes  same  route  as 
above  to  Clinton  St.,  to  Delan- 
cy  St.,  to  and  across  Williams- 
burg  Bridge.  Returns  to 
Delancy  St.,  to  Essex  St.,  to 
Grand  St.,  thence  by  same 
route  as  above  to  ft.  Desbros- 
ses  St. 

Post  Office  and  Williams- 
burg  Bridge  Branch.  Leaves 
Post  Office  at  Park  Row,  runs 
through  Park  Row  to  Bowery, 
to  Grand  St.,  to  Clinton  St., 
to  Delancy  St.,  to  and  across 
Williamsburg  Bridge.  Returns 
by  same  route. 

Brooklyn  &  North  River 
Line.  Leaves  Desbrosses  St. 
Ferry,  runs  through  Des- 
brosses St.,  Washington  & 
Vestry  Sts.,  to  Canal  St., 
Manhattan  Bridge  and  Flat- 
bush  Ave.  extension  to  Fulton 
St.,  Brooklyn.  Returns  by 
same  route.  Free  transfers 
to  Brooklyn  trolley  lines. 

42d  ST.,  MANHATTANVILLE  & 

George  Washington  gT     NlCHOLAS  AvE.  Ry> 

on  steps  of  bub-treasury 
Wall  and  Nassau  Streets  Office,    177    Manhattan   St. 

42d   St.    Crosstown   Line. 

Runs  across  the  city  from  ft.  E.  426.  St.,  to  ft.  W.  426.  St. 

Queensboro  Bridge  Line.  Leaves  ft.  W.  426.  St.,  runs 
through  42d  St.  to  Third  Ave.,  to  5gth  St.,  to  Queensboro 
Bridge,  to  Long  Island  City.  Returns  over  same  route  by 
6oth  St.  instead  of  5Qth  St. 

Fort  Lee  Ferry  Line.  Leaves  ft.  E.  34th  St.,  runs  through 
34th  St.  to  First  Ave.,  to  42 d  St.,  to  Seventh  Ave.,  to  Broad- 
way, to  Manhattan  St.,  to  ft.  W.  i3oth  St.  Returns  by  same 
route. 

34th  St.  &  Tenth  Ave.  Line.  Leaves  ft.  E.  34th  St.,  runs 
through  E.  34th  St.,  to  First  Ave.,  to  42d  St.,  to  Tenth  Ave., 
to  Amsterdam  Ave.,  to  i62d  St.  Returns  by  same  route. 


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28th  &  2gth  STS.  CROSSTOWN  RAILROAD  COMPANY 

(Operated  by  Third  Ave.  Ry.  Co.) 

Leaves  W.  23d  St.  Ferry,  runs  through  Thirteenth  Ave., 
to  24th  St.,  to  Eleventh  Ave.,  to  28th  St.,  to  First  Ave.,  to 
E.  34th  St.  Returns  by  First  Ave.  to  2gth  St.,  to  Eleventh 
Ave.,  to  24th  St.,  to  Thirteenth  Ave.,  to  ft.  W.  23d  St. 

SECOND  AVENUE  RAILROAD 

Office,  1876  Second  Ave. 

Second  Ave.  Line.  Leaves  Broadway  &  Worth  St.,  runs 
through  Worth  St.  to  Bowery,  to  Grand  St.,  to  For sy the  St., 
to  E.  Houston*  St.,  to  Second  Ave.,  to  i2gth  St.  Returns  by 
Second  Ave.  to  Chrystie  St.,  to  Grand  St.,  to  Bowery,  to 
Worth  St.,  to  Broadway. 

Astor  Place  Line.  Leaves  ft.  E.  Q2d  St.  (Astoria  Ferry), 
runs  through  Ave.  A,  to  86th  St.,  to  Second  Ave.,  to 
Stuyvesant  PI.,  to  Fourth  Ave.,  to  Astor  PI.  Broadway. 
Returns  by  same  route. 

First  Ave.  Line.  Leaves  12 5th  St.  &  First  Ave.,  runs 
through  First  Ave.  to  sgth  St.,  to  Second  Ave.,  to  Stuyvesant 
PL,  to  Fourth  Ave.,  to  Astor  PL  Broadway.  Returns  by 
same  route. 

CENTRAL  PARK,  NORTH  &  EAST  RIVER  R.  R.  Co. 

Office,  54th  St.  &  Tenth  Ave. 

West  Side  Belt  Line.  Leaves  ft.  Whitehall  St. ,  runs  through 
State  St.  to  Bowling  Green,  to  Battery  PL,  to  West  St.,  to 
Tenth  Ave.,  to  54th  St.  Returns  by  same  route  to  Battery 
PL,  to  State  St.,  to  Whitehall  St.,  to  South  St.  This  line  passes 
all  the  North  River  ferries. 

5Qth  St.  Crosstown  Line.  Connects  the  East  Side  and 
West  Side  Belt  lines.  Runs  through  Tenth  Ave.  from  54th  St. 
to  59th  St.,  to  First  Ave.  Returns  by  same  route. 

East  Side  Belt  Line.  Leaves  ft.  Whitehall  St.,  runs  through 
Whitehall  St.  to  South  St.,  to  Broad  St.,  to  Water  St.,  to 
Old  Slip,  to  South  St.,  to  Montgomery  St.,  to  South  St.,  to 
Corlears  St.,  to  Grand  St.,  to  Goerck  St.,  to  Houston  St.,  to 
Ave.  D,  to  1 4th  St.,  to  First  Ave.,  to  59th  St.  Returns  by 
same  route  to  Ave.  D,  to  8th  St.,  to  Lewis  St.,  to  Houston  St., 
to  Mangin  St.,  to  Grand  St.,  to  Corlears  St.,  to  Monroe  St.,  to 
Jackson  St.,  to  Front  St.,  to  Montgomery  St.,  to  South  St.,  to 
Roosevelt  St.,  to  Front  St.,  to  ft.  Whitehall  St.  This  line 
passes  all  the  East  River  ferries. 


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UNION  RAILWAY  COMPANY 

Ogden  Ave.  Line.  Leaves  W.  15 5th  St.  &  Eighth  Ave.  on 
viaduct,  terminus  of  Ninth  Ave.  Elevated  Ry.,  runs  across 
Central  Bridge  to  Ogden  Ave.,  and  over  Washington  Bridge 
to  iSist  St.  and  St.  Nicholas  Ave.  (Subway  Station).  Returns 
by  same  route. 

Aqueduct  Ave.  Line.  Leaves  iSist  St.  &  St.  Nicholas  Ave. 
(Subway  Station),  runs  across  Washington  Bridge  to  Aqueduct 
Ave.,  to  Kingsbridge  Road,  to  Sedgwick  Ave.,  to  238th  St.,  to 
Broadway.  Returns  by  same  route. 

Zoological  Park  Line.  Leaves  iSoth  St.  &  Boston  Road 
(West  Farms  Subway  Station),  runs  to  Southern  Blvd., 
to  iSgth  St.,  to  E.  Fordham  Road  &  Third  Ave.,  to  Fordham 
(Elevated  Ry.  Station),  to  Kingsbridge  Road,  to  238th  St., 
to  Broadway,  to  262d  St.  (City  Line).  Returns  by  same  route. 
This  line  passes  three  entrances  to  the  Zoological  Park. 

Crosstown  Line.  Leaves  iSist  St.  &  St.  Nicholas  Ave. 
(Subway  Station) ,  runs  across  Washington  Bridge  to  Aqueduct 
Ave.,  to  Tremont 
Ave.,  to  Webster 
Ave.,  to  iSoth  St. 
(West  Farms  Sub- 
way Station,  Bos- 
ton Road  &  17  7th 
St.),  to  Unionport, 
about  1200  ft.  from 
Westchester  Creek. 
Returns  by  same 
route. 

Bronx  &  Van 
Cortlandt  Park 
Line.  Leaves 
Kingsbridge  Road 
&  W.  225th  St., 
runs  through  W. 
2 2 5th  St.  to  Broad- 
way, to  City  Line 
(W.  262dSt.).  Re- 
turns by  same 
route. 

Webster  Ave. 
Line.  Leaves  i2pth 

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Ave.   to   Melrose  Ave.,   to  Webster  Ave.,  to  McLean  Ave. 
(City   Line) .      Returns  by  same  route. 

Westchester  Ave.  Line.  Leaves  i2gth  St.  &  Third  Ave., 
runs  through  Third  Ave.  to  Westchester  Ave.  (i4gth  St.), 
to  Westchester,  to  Pelham  Bay  Park.  Returns  by  same  route. 

West  Farms  Line.  Leaves  i2gth  St.  &  Third  Ave.,  runs 
through  Third  Ave.  to  Boston  Road,  to  West  Farms  (Subway 
Station,  Boston  Road  &  lyyth  St.).  This  line  stops  about 
three  blocks  from  southeast  entrance  to  Zoological  Park.  Re- 
turns by  same  route. 

Morris  Park  Line,  Leaves  i2gth  St.  &  Third  Ave.,  runs 
through  Third  Ave.  to  Boston  Road,  to  Walker  Ave.,  to  Morris 
Park  Ave.,  to  Bronxdale  Ave.  (Morris  Park).  Returns  by 
same  route. 

Southern  Blvd.  Line.  Leaves  i29th  St.  &  Third  Ave.,  runs 
through  Third  Ave.  to  i36th  St.,  to  Lincoln  Ave.,  to  Southern 
Blvd.,  to  East  Fordham  Road.  This  line  is  at  main  entrance 
to  Zoological  Park.  Returns  by  same  route. 

Washington  Bridge  Line.  Leaves  i2gth  St.  &  Third  Ave., 
runs  through  Third  Ave.  to  Morris  Ave.,  to  i6ist  St.,  to 
Jerome  Ave.,  to  Boscobel  Ave.,  to  Washington  Bridge.  Returns 
by  same  route. 

White  Plains  Ave.  Line.  Leaves  i2gth  St.  &  Third  Ave., 
runs  through  Third  Ave.  to  Melrose  Ave.,  to  Webster  Ave., 
to  Gun  Hill  Road,  to  White  Plains  Road,  to  E.  242d  St.  (City 
Line) .  Returns  by  same  route. 

Willis  Ave.  Line.  Leaves  i2pth  St.  &  Third  Ave.,  runs 
through  Third  Ave.  to  13 6th  St.,  to  Lincoln  Ave.,  to  Southern 
Blvd.,  to  Willis  Ave.,  to  E.  i4gth  St.  Returns  by  same  route. 

Sedgwick  Ave.  Line.  Leaves  i6ist  St.  &  Third  Ave.,  runs 
through  E.  i6ist  St.  to  Jerome  Ave.,  to  Sedgwick  Ave.,  to 
Cedar  Ave.,  to  W.  lygth  St.,  to  Burnside  Ave.,  to  Valentine 
Ave.,  to  Tremont  Ave.,  to  Third  Ave.  Returns  by  same  route. 

I35th  St.  Crosstown  Line.  Leaves  W.  13  5th  St.  &  Eighth 
Ave.,  runs  through  W.  13 5th  St.  to  Madison  Ave.,  crossing 
Madison  Ave.  Bridge  to  E.  13 8th  St.,  to  Locust  Ave.,  to  E. 
1 3 4th  St.  Ferry,  (Port  Morris).  Returns  by  same  route. 

St.  Ann's  Ave.  Line.  Leaves  13 5th  St.  &  Eighth  Ave.,  runs 
through  W.  13  5th  St.  to  Madison  Ave.  crossing  Madison  Ave. 
Bridge  to  E.  i38th  St.,  to  St.  Ann's  Ave.,  to  Third  Ave.  (E. 
*6ist  St.)  Returns  by  same  route. 


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JPI  f     - 

VI  ?  "  «    r.  ' 


Bankers'  Trust  Building 

Wall  and  Nassau  Streets 

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Jerome   Ave.  Line. 

Leaves  W.  15  5th  St.  & 
Eighth  Ave.  on  viaduct 
terminus  of  Ninth  Ave. 
Elevated  Railroad,  runs 
across  Central  Bridge  to 
Jerome  Ave.,  to  City 
Line  (Lincoln  Park)  and 
Central  Ave.  to  Empire 
City  Race  Track/  Re- 
turns by  same  route. 

Fordham  Crosstown 
Line.  Leaves  2oyth  St. 
Subway  station,  runs 
through  W.  207th  St., 
crossing  Fordham  Bridge, 
to  Sedgwick  Ave.,  to 
Fordham  Road,  to  E. 
Fordham  Road,  to  South- 
ern Blvd.,  at  main 
entrance  to  Zoological 
Park.  Returns  by  same 
route. 

Clason    Point    Line. 

Leaves  Westchester  Ave. 
and  Simpson  St.,  runs 
through  Westchester  Ave. 
to  Clason  Point  Road,  to 
Clason  Point,  East  River. 
Returns  by  same  route. 

Tremont  &  Walker 
Ave.  Line.  Leaves  Je- 
rome &  Burnside  Aves., 
runs  through  Burnside 
Ave.  to  Tremont  Ave., 
to  Boston  Road,  to  West 
Farms,  to  Walker  Ave., 
to  Westchester.  Returns 
by  same  route. 

Fort   Schuyler    Line. 

Leaves  Westchester,  runs 
through  Fort  Schuyler 
Road  to  Eastern  Blvd. 
Returns  by  same  route. 


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Manhattan    Sky-Line 


i6ist  &  i6ad  Sts.  Line.  Leaves  W.  issth  St.  &  Eighth 
Ave.  on  viaduct,  terminus  of  Ninth  Ave.  Elevated  Ry.,  runs 
across  Central  Bridge  to  Jerome  Ave. ,  to  1 6 1  st  St . ,  to  Third  Ave. , 
to  1 63d  St.,  to  West  Chester  Ave.,  to  Dongan  St.,  to  Southern 
Blvd.,  to  Hunt's  Point.  Returns  by  same  route. 

1 67th  St.  Crosstown  Line.  Leaves  Washington  Bridge, 
runs  through  Boscobel  Ave.  to  i6yth  St.,  to  Webster  Ave.,  to 
i68th  St.,  to  Franklin  Ave.,  to  i6gth  St.,  to  i6;th  St.,  to 
Westchester  Ave.  Returns  by  same  route. 

Kings  Bridge  Line.  Leaves  W.  Fordham  Road  &  Sedgwick 
Ave.,  runs  through  Bailey  Ave.  to  W.  23oth  St.  Returns  by 
same  route. 

Mount  Vernon  Line.  Leaves  West  Farms,  runs  through 
Walker  Ave.  to  Morris  Park  Ave.,  to  White  Plains  Ave.,  to 
Lincoln  Ave.  (City  Line),  to  W.  ist  St.,  to  Mt.  Vernon  Station 
(N.  Y.,  N.  H.,  &  H.  R.  R.).  Returns  by  same  route. 

ELEVATED  RAILWAYS 

Fare,  5  cents.  Children  under  5  years  of  age  free.  A  ticket 
must  be  bought  and  thrown  into  the  gateman's  glass  "chopper" 
box  at  the  entrance  to  the  platform.  Transfers  are  given 


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en  from   Hudson   River 


between  Sixth  and  Ninth  Aves.  at  Rector  and  5gth  Sts. ;  between 
Sixth  and  Ninth  Aves.,  and  Second  and  Third  Aves.  at  the 
Battery;  between  Second  and  Third  Aves.  at  Chatham  Sq.;; 
between  City  Hall  trains  and  South  Ferry  trains  at  Third 
Ave.  and  Chatham  Sq.  By  paying  an  extra  3  cents  when 
buying  the  elevated  railway  ticket,  transfers  may  be  had  for 
certain  surface  lines. 


Elevated  Stations 

Sixth  Ave. 
South  Ferry. 
Battery  PI. 

Rector  &  N.  Church  Sts. 
Cortlandt  &  Church  Sts. 
Park  PL  &  Church  St. 
Chambers  St.  &  W.  Broadway. 
Franklin  St.  &  W.  Broadway. 
Grand  St.  &  W.  Broadway. 
Bleecker  St.  &  W.  Broadway. 
8th  St.  &  Sixth  Ave. 
1 4th  St.  &  Sixth  Ave. 
i8th  St.  &  Sixth  Ave. 
23d  St.  &  Sixth  Ave. 
28th  St.  &  Sixth  Ave. 
33d  St.  &  Sixth  Ave. 


38th  St.  &  Sixth  Ave. 
42d  St.  &  Sixth  Ave. 
5oth  St.  &  Sixth  Ave. 
53d  St.  &  Sixth  Ave. 
53d  St.  &  Eighth  Ave. 
59th  St.  &  Ninth  Ave. 
66th  St.  &  Columbus  Ave. 
yad  St.  &  Columbus  Ave. 
8ist  St.  &  Columbus  Ave. 
86th  St.  &  Columbus  Ave. 
93d  St.  &  Columbus  Ave. 
99th  St.  &  Columbus  Ave. 
104th  St.  &  Columbus  Ave. 
110th  St.  between  8th  St.  £  Colum- 
bus Ave. 

116th  St.  &  Eighth  Ave. 
125th  St.  &  Eighth  Ave. 
130th  St.  &  Eighth  Ave. 


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Sixth  Ave. — Continued 

I35th  St.  &  Eighth  Ave. 
I4oth  St.  &  Eighth  Ave. 
i45th  St.  &  Eighth  Ave. 
I55th  St  &  Eighth  Ave. 

Ninth  Ave. 
South  Ferry, 
Battery  PI. 

Rector  &  Greenwich  Sts. 
Cortlandt  &  Greenwich  Sts. 
Barclay  &  Greenwich  Sts. 
Warren  &  Greenwich  Sts. 
Franklin  &  Greenwich  Sts. 
Desbrosses  &  Greenwich  Sts. 
Houston  &  Greenwich  Sts. 
Christopher  &  Greenwich  Sts. 
i4th  St.  &  Ninth  Ave. 
23d  St.  &  Ninth  Ave. 
3oth  St.  &  Ninth  Ave. 
34th  St  &  Ninth  Ave. 
42d  St.  &  Ninth  Ave. 
5oth  St.  &  Ninth  Ave. 
59th  St.  &  Ninth  Ave. 
From   here  on   stations   are   the 
same  as  Sixth  Ave.  Line. 

Third  Ave. 

South  Ferry. 

Hanover  Sq. 

Fulton  &  Pearl  Sts. 

Franklin  Sq. 

City  Hall. 

Chatham  Sq. 

Canal  St.  &  Bowery. 

Grand  St.  &  Bowery. 

Houston  St.  &  Bowery. 

gth  St   &  Third  Ave. 

i4th  St.  &  Third  Ave. 

1 8th  St.  &  Third  Ave. 

23d  St.  &  Third  Ave. 

28th  St.  &  Third  Ave. 

34th  St.  &  Third  Ave.  (branch  to 

34th  St.  Ferry,  E.  R.) 
42d  St.  &  Third  Ave.  (branch  to 

Grand  Central  Terminal). 
47th  St.  &  Third  Ave. 
53d  St.  &  Third  Ave. 
59th  St.  &  Third  Ave. 
67th  St  &  Third  Ave. 
76th  St.  &  Third  Ave. 
84th  St.  &  Third  Ave. 
8gth  St,  &  Third  Ave. 


99th  St.  &  Third  Ave. 

io6th  St.  &  Third  Ave. 

n6th  St.  &  Third  Ave. 

I25th  St  &  Third  Ave. 

I2gth  St.  &  Third  Ave. 

I33d  St.  between  Willis  and  Alex- 
ander Aves. 

I38th  St.  between  Willis  and  Alex- 
ander Aves. 

I43d  St.  between  Willis  and  Alex- 
ander Aves. 

I49th  St.  &  Third  Ave. 

1 56th  St.  &  Third  Ave. 

i6ist  St.  &  Third  Ave. 

i66th  St.  &  Third  Ave. 

i6gth  St.  &  Third  Ave. 

Claremont  Parkway  &  Third  Ave. 

i74th  St.  &  Third  Ave. 

i77th  St.  &  Third  Ave. 

iSoth  St.  &  Third  Ave. 

i83d  St.  &  Third  Ave. 

Fordham  Road,  Bronx  Park 

Second  Ave. 
South  Ferry. 
Hanover  Sq. 
Fulton  &  Pearl  Sts. 
Franklin  Sq. 
Chatham  Sq. 
Canal  &  Allen  Sts. 
Grand  &  Allen  Sts. 
Rivington  &  Allen  Sts. 
ist  St.  &  First  Ave. 
8th  St.  &  First  Ave. 
I4th  St.  &  First  Ave. 
igth  St.  &  First  Ave. 
23d  St.  between  First  &  Second 

Aves. 
34th  St.  &  Second  Ave.  (branch  to 

34th  St.  Ferry,  E.  R.) 
42d  St.  &  Second  Ave. 
50th  St.  &  Second  Ave. 
57th  St.  &  Second  Ave. 
6sth  St.  &  Second  Ave. 
72d  St.  &  Second  Ave. 
8oth  St.  &  Second  Ave. 
86th  St.  &  Second  Ave. 
gzd  St.  &  Second  Ave. 
99th  St.  &  Second  Ave. 
105th  St.  &  Second  Ave. 
i  nth  St.  &  Second  Ave. 
H7th  St.  &  Second  Ave. 
i2ist  St.  &  Second  Ave. 
I27th  St.  &  Second  Ave. 
I2oth  St.  connects  with  Third  Ave. 

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UNDERGROUND  RAILWAYS 

The  Interborough  Rapid  Transit  Co.  operate  the  present 
subways  in  New  York,  which  extend  from  Atlantic  Ave., 
Brooklyn,  to  p6th  St.  and  Broadway,  where  the  subway 
branches — one  branch,  known  as  the  Broadway  line,  extending 
to  Van  Cortlandt  Park  and  the  other  branch,  known  as  the 
Lenox  Ave.  and  West  Farms  line,  extending  to  iSoth  St.  and 
Boston  Road  (Bronx  Park). 

Through  trains  are  run  from  Brooklyn  to  stations  on  each 
of  these  branches  and  vice  versa. 

Certain  trains  are  operated  as  express  trains  between 
Brooklyn  Bridge  and  96th  St.,  with  express  stations  at  i4th, 
42d,  72d,  and  9 6th  Sts.  These  stations  are  indicated  by  an 
asterisk  (*)  in  the  list  of  stations. 

Local  trains  do  not  run  south  of  Brooklyn  Bridge  or  City 
Hall. 

Express  trains  make  all  stops  south  of  City  Hall  and  north 
of  g6th  St. 

Express  trains  can  be  taken  from  one  express  station  to 
another  and  change  made  at  any  express  station  to  local  trains 
for  stations  between  express  stations. 


Hudson  Terminal  Buildings 

Church  Street  from  Cortlandt  to  Fulton  Street 
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The  fare  is  5  cents  from  any  station  to  another  in  one 
direction  over  the  entire  system.  Children  under  five  years  of 
age  may  ride  free. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  stations,  starting  from  Atlantic 
Ave.,  Brooklyn: 

Broadway  Line 
I03d  St.  &  Broadway. 
noth  St.  &  Broadway. 
u6th  St.  &  Broadway. 
Manhattan  &  Broadway. 
Ferry  to  Edgewater. 
I37th  St.  &  Broadway. 
i4fjth  St.  &  Broadway. 
I57th  St.  &  Broadway. 
i68th  St.  &  Broadway. 
iSist  St.  &  Broadway, 
igist  St.  &  Broadway. 
Dyckman  &  Broadway. 
207th  St.  &  Amsterdam  Ave. 
2i5th  St.  &  Amsterdam  Ave. 
225th  St.  &  Broadway. 
23ist  St.  &  Broadway. 
238th  St.  &  Broadway. 
242d  St.  &  Broadway. 
Van  Cortlandt  Park  (surface  cars 
to  Yonkerc). 

Lerox  Ave.  acd  \7cst  Farms  Line 
noth  St.  &  Lenox  Ave. 
nCth  St.  &  Lenox  Ave. 
I25th  St.  &  Lenox  Ave. 
i35th  St.  &  Lcncx  Ave. 
i4sth  St.  &  Lenox  Ave. 
Mott  Ave.  &  i4Qth  St. 
I49th  St.  &  Third  Ave. 
Jackson  &  W.  Chester  Aves. 
Prospect  &  W.  Chester  Aves. 
Intervale  &  W.  Chester  Aves. 
Simpson  St.  &  Southern  Blvd. 
Freeman  St.  &  Southern  Blvd. 
i74th  St.  &  Boston  Road. 
i77th  St.  &  Boston  Rd(Tremont). 
iSoth  St.  &  Boston  Rd  (Bronx  Pk). 


Brooklyn  Branch 
Atlantic  Ave. 
Nevins  St. 
Hoyt  St. 
Borough  Hall. 

Main  Line 

South  Ferry. 

Bowling  Green. 

Wall  St.  &  Broadway. 

Fulton  St.  &  Broadway. 

Brooklyn  Bridge. 

Worth  &  Elm  Sts. 

Canal  &  Elm  Sts. 

Spring  &  Elm  Sts. 

Bleecker  &  Elm  Sts. 

Astor  PL  &  Fourth  Ave. 

*i4th  St.  &  Fourth  Ave. 

1 8th  St.  &  Fourth  Ave. 

23d  St.  &  Fourth  Ave. 

28th  St.  &  Fourth  Ave. 

33d  St.  &  Fourth  Ave. 

|*42d  St.  &  Park  Ave. 

[Grand  Central  Terminal. 

(Times  Sq. 

l4.2d  St.  &  Broadway. 

5Oth  St.  &  Broadway. 

59th  St.  &  Broadway. 

66th  St.  &  Broadway. 

*72d  St.  &  Broadway. 

79th  St.  &  Broadway. 

86th  St.  &  Broadway. 

9 ist  St.  &  Broadway. 

*96th  St.  &  Broadway. 

Trains  diverge  here  for  Broadway 

Line,  Lenox  Ave.  and  West  Farms 

Line. 


THE  TUNNELS 

Manhattan — Brooklyn.  Under  the  East  River,  between 
Broad  St.,  Manhattan,  and  the  Flatbush  and  Atlantic  Ave. 
Stations  of  the  Long  Island  Railway,  in  the  Borough  of  Brook- 
lyn, there  are  two  tubes. 

Manhattan  Interborough  Subway,  from  426.  St.  and 
Lexington  Ave. ,  Manhattan,  to  Jackson  Ave. ,  Queens  Borough. 

Fourth  Avenue — Brooklyn  Subway,  from  Municipal 
Building,  City  Hall  Park,  across  the  Manhattan  Bridge, 
through  Brooklyn  to  Coney  Island. 


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Looking  down  Broadway  from  General  Post  Office 


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Hudson  &  Manhattan  Railroad  Co.  operate  what  is 
known  locally  as  the  "Hudson  Tunnels,"  running  trains  from 
33d  St.,  Broadway  and  Sixth  Ave.  (up- town  division),  and  the 
Hudson  Terminal,  Cortlandt  St.  and  Fulton  St.  (down-town 
division),  to  Hoboken,  Jersey  City,  and  Park  Place,  Newark. 

This  is  considered  a  much  more  convenient  way  of  reaching 
various  steam  railroad  terminals  in  Hoboken  and  Jersey  City 
than  by  the  old  method  of  using  the  ferries. 

Trains  are  operated  to  and  from  the  following  stations : 
FROM  TO 


Up-Town 

33d  St.  &  Sixth  Ave. 
28th  St.  &  Sixth  Ave. 
23d  St.  &  Sixth  Ave. 
19th  St.  &  Sixth  Ave. 
14th  St.  &  Sixth  Ave. 
9th  St.  &  Sixth  Ave. 
Christopher  &  Greenwich  Sts. 

Down-Town 
Fulton,  Church  &  Cortlandt  Sts. 


Lackawanna  Railroad  Station,  Ho- 
boken. 

Erie  Railroad  Station,  Jersey  City. 

Pennsylvania  Railroad  Station,  Jer- 
sey City. 

Henderson  and  Grove  St.  Station, 
Jersey  City. 

Summit  Ave.  Station,  Jersey  City. 

Manhattan  Transfer  (connecting 
with  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad). 


Park  Place,  Newark. 

Fare  5  cents  between  down-town  terminals  and  Jersey  City 
and  Hoboken ;  from  the  up-town  points  a  7-cent  fare  to  Jersey 
City  and  Hoboken.  To  Newark  the  fare  is  as  follows: 

From  Down-Town  Stations  From  Up-Town  Stations 

One-way  fare 17c  One-way  fare 19c 

Round-trip  fare 30c  Round-trip  fare 34c 

Half-rate  one-way  fare 9c  Half-rate  one-way  fare lie 

Half-rate  round-trip  fare 15c  Half-rate  round-trip  fare 19c 

Children  between  the  ages  of  5  and  12  years  travel  at  half 
rate.  Children  under  5  years  of  age  ride  free. 

Pennsylvania  R.  R.  Tunnels.  On  account  of  the  mud 
and  clay  in  the  bed  of  the  Hudson  River  these  tunnels  are 
supported  by  piers  of  stone  resting  on  bedrock.  The  tubes  are 
1 8  ft.  in  diameter.  In  midstream  the  bed  of  the  tracks  is  100 
ft.  below  the  river  bed.  There  are  two  under  the  Hudson 
River,  and  four  under  the  East  River.  Trains  are  moved  by 
electric  locomotives. 

FIFTH  AVENUE  COACH  LINES 

One  of  the  best  ways  to  see  the  best  residential  sections, 
the  fashionable  shopping  districts  and  the  hotel  and  amuse- 
ment centers  of  New  York  City  is  from  the  tops  of  the  Fifth 
Avenue  buses,  which  traverse  at  short  intervals  Fifth  Avenue, 
Riverside  Drive  and  other  important  thoroughfares.  Several 


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important  avenues  north  of  Central  Park  are  served  and  there 
is  also  a  line  connecting  with  the  Pennsylvania  Station  and  an 
important  crosstown  line  that  connects  tha  residential  sections 
lying  on  either  side  of  Central  Park. 

Many  important  public  buildings  and  the  leading  churches 
of  the  city  are  passed,  among  these  being  the  Public  Library 
and  the  Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art. 

The  Riverside  Drive  line,  which  leaves  Fifth  Avenue  at 
57th  Street,  gives  the  unrivalled  view  of  the  Hudson  and 
Palisades,  the  Soldiers' and  Sailors' Monument,  Grant's  Tomb 
and  Claremont.  On  any  line  the  fare  is  10  cents. 

The  Most  Important  Routes 

Washington  Square  and  Riverside  Drive.  Fifth  Ave.,  from  Washing- 
ton Square  to  57th  St.,  to  Broadway,  to  72d  St.,  to  Riverside  Drive,  to 
135th  St.,  to  Broadway. 

Seventy-second  St.  Crosstown.  East  72d  St.,  from  First  Ave.  to 
Fifth  Ave.,  to  57th  St.,  to  Broadway,  to  West  72d  St.,  to  Central  Park  West. 

Cathedral  Parkway  and  Riverside  Drive,  noth  St., from 
Fifth  Ave.  to  Riverside  Drive,  to  I35th  St.,  to  Broadway. 

Fifth  Ave.-i35th  St.  Fifth  Ave.  from  noth  St.  to  i2Oth 
St.,  to  Mt.  Morris  Park  West,  to  I24th  St.,  to  Fifth  Ave.,  to 
I35th  St. 

Washington  Sq. -Seventh  Ave. -Polo  Grounds.  Fifth  Ave. 
from  Washington  Sq.  to  noth  St.,  to  Seventh  Ave.,  to  I53d 
St.,  to  Macomb's  Dam  Road,  to  I55th  Street  Viaduct,  to  St. 
Nicholas  Place. 

Washington  Sq.-St.  Nicholas  Ave. -Polo  Grounds.  Fifth 
Ave.  from  Washington  Sq.  to  noth  St.,  to  Manhattan  Ave., 
to  St.  Nicholas  Ave.,  to  St.  Nicholas  Place,  to  I55th  St. 

Pennsylvania  Station  and  Riverside  Drive.  32d  St.  from 
Pennsylvania  Station  (Seventh  Ave.  entrance)  to  Fifth  Ave., 
to  57th  St.,  to  Broadway,  to  72d  St.,  to  Riverside  Drive,  to 
1 35th  St.,  to  Broadway. 

STEAMSHIP  LINES1  PIERS 

American-Hawaiian  S.  S.  Co.,  Pier  6,  ft.  42d  St.,  Brooklyn. 
To  Pacific  Coast  ports  and  Hawaiian  Islands. 

American  Line,  Pier  62,  North  River,  ft.  W.  22d  St.  To 
Southampton,  Plymouth,  Cherbourg. 

Anchor  Line,  Pier  29,  ft.  Harrison  St.,  Union  Stores, 
Brooklyn.  To  Marseilles,  Leghorn,  and  Naples. 


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Atlantic  Transport,  Pier  58,  North  River,  ft.  W.  i6th  St. 
To  London. 

Austro-Americana Steamship  Co.,  Ltd.,  Pier  i,  Bush  Docks, 
South  Brooklyn.  To  Naples,  Patras,  Azores,  and  Trieste. 

Ben  Franklin  Line,  Pier  24,  North  River. 

Bridgeport  Line,  Pier  27,  East  River,  ft.  Catherine  St. 

Capital  City  Line,  Pier  46,  North  River. 

Catskill  Evening  Line,  Pier  43,  North  River. 

Central-Hudson  Steamboat  Line,  Pier  24,  North  River,  ft. 
Franklin  St.  To  Newburgh,  Poughkeepsie,  Rondout,  and 
intermediate  Hudson  River  points  (Summer  season). 

Central  Railroad  of  New  Jersey,  Pier  10,  ft.  Cedar  St., 
Pier  81,  ft.  42d  St.,  North  River.  To  Atlantic  Highlands. 

Clyde  Line,  Pier  36,  North  River,  ft.  Spring  St.  To 
Charleston,  Jacksonville,  and  Brunswick. 

Clyde  Line,  Pier  34,  ft.  Hamilton  Ave.,  Atlantic  Basin, 
Brooklyn.  To  Puerto  Plata  and  West  Indian  ports. 

Compagnie  Generale  Transatlantique,  Pier  57,  North  River, 
ft.iSthSt.  To  Havre. 

Compania  Trasatlantica,  Pier  8,  East  River,  Coenties 
Slip.  To  Havana,  Mexican,  South  American,  and  Spanish 
ports. 

Cunard  Line,  Piers  54  and  56,  North  River,  ft.  I4th  St. 
To  Queenstown  and  Liverpool,  Gibraltar,  Genoa,  Naples, 
Fiume,  and  Trieste. 

Delaware-Hudson  S.  S.  Co.,  Battery  and  W.  I3ist  St., 
North  River,  "Mandalay"  Excursion  Boat  up  Hudson 
(Summer  season). 

Fabre  Line,  ft.  W.  3ist  St.,  South  Brooklyn.  To  Naples 
and  Marseilles. 

Fall  River  Line,  Pier  14,  North  River,  ft.  Fulton  St.  To 
Newport  and  Fall  River  (Boston). 

Hamburg-American  Line,  Pier  ft.  1st  St.,  Hoboken.  To 
Plymouth,  Cherbourg  and  Hamburg,  Gibraltar,  Naples  and 
Genoa. 

Hamburg-American  Line  (Atlas  Service),  Pier  ft.  W.  25th 
St.  To  Cuba,  Panama,  and  South  American  ports. 

Hamburg-American  Line  (Brazil  Service),  ft.  43d  St., 
Bush  Docks,  South  Brooklyn.  To  Rio  de  Janeiro  and  other 
Brazilian  ports. 

Hartford  Line,  Pier  19,  East  River,  ft.  Peck  Slip.  To 
Hartford  (Summer  season). 

Holland -American  Line,  Pier  ft.  5th  St.,  Hoboken.  To 
Rotterdam. 

Hudson  River  Day  Line,  Pier  30,  ft.  Desbrosses  St.,  Pier  81, 


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ft.  42<d  St.,  and  Pier  119, 
ft.  1 29th  St.,  North  River. 
To  Albany  and  intermedi- 
ate points  (Summerseason) . 

Insular  Line,  Pier  29,  ft. 
BalticSt.,  Robinson  Stores, 
Brooklyn.  To  Ponce  and 
other  Porto  Rican  ports. 

Iron  Steamboat  Co., 
Pier  I,  Battery  Place,  and 
Pier  119,  I29th  St.,  North 
River.  To  Coney  Island 
and  Rockaway  Beach 
(Summer  season). 

Lamport  &  Holt  Line, 
Pier  8,  Brooklyn.  To 
Bahia,  Rio  de  Janeiro, 
Montevideo,  and  other 
South  American  ports. 

La  Veloce  Line,  Pier 
74,  North  River,  ft.  34th 
St.  To  Genoa,  Naples,  and 
Palermo. 

Lloyd  Italiano  Steam- 
ship Co.,  Pier  74,  North 
River,  ft.  West  34th  St. 

Lloyd  Sabaudo,  Pier  B, 
ft.  Grand  St.,  Jersey  City. 
To  Naples  and  Genoa. 

McAllister  Steamboat 
Co.,  Pier  81,  42nd  St.,  and 
129th  St.,  North  River.  To 
Bear  Mountain  (Summer 
season) . 

Maine  Steamship  Line, 
Pier  19,  North  River,  ft. 
Warren  St.  To  Portland. 

Mallory  Steamship  Co., 
Pier   45,  North    River,  ft. 
10th   St.      To   Key  West 
and  Galveston. 
Mallory  Steamship  Co.,  Pier  38,  North  River,  ft.  King  St. 
To  Tampa  and  Mobile. 

Manhattan  Line,  Pier  39,  North  River,  ft.  West  Houston 
St.     To  Albany  (Summer  season). 

Mary  Powell  Steamboat  Co.,  Pier  30,  ft.  Desbrosses  St., 


Singer  Building 

Broadway  and  Liberty  Street 

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Pier  81,  ft.  426.  St.,  and  Pier  119,  ft.  I29th  St.,  North  River. 
To  Rondout  (Summer  season). 

Metropolitan  Steamship  Line,  Pier  19,  North  River,  ft. 
Warren  St.  To  Boston  (Summer  season). 

Montauk  Steamship  Co.,  Pier  8,  East  River,  Coenties  Slip. 
To  Shelter  Island  and  Sag  Harbor  (Summer  season). 

Munson  Line,  Pier  9,  East  River,  Old  Slip.  To  Nuevitas 
and  other  ports  in  Cuba. 

Navigazione  Generale  Italiana,  Pier  74,  North  River,  ft. 
34th  St.  To  Genoa,  Naples,  and  Palermo.  Connecting  lines 
to  the  Orient. 

New  Haven  Lines,  Pier  28,  East  River,  ft.  Catherine  St. 
To  New  Haven. 

New  York  and  Cuba  Mail  Steamship  Co.  (Ward  Line), 
Piers  13  and  14,  East  River,  ft.  Wall  St.  and  Pine  St.  To 
Havana,  Mexican  and  West  Indian  ports. 

New  York  and  Long  Branch  Steamboat  Co.,  Pier  75, 
North  River,  ft.  35th  St.  To  Long  Branch  (Summer  season). 

New  York  and  Porto  Rico  Steamship  Co.,  Pier  35,  ft, 
Atlantic  Ave.,  Atlantic  Basin,  Brooklyn.  To  San  Juan  and 
other  ports  in  Porte  Rico. 

Night  Express  (Citizens  Line),  Pier  32,  North  Rivci.  it. 
Canal  St.  and  I32d  St.  To  Troy  (Summer  season). 

North  German  Lloyd  Steamship  Co.,  Pier  ft.  3d  St.,  Ho- 
boken.  To  Plymouth  (London)  and  Bremen,  Gibraltar, 
Algiers,  Naples  and  Genoa,  (Egypt,  India  and  Far  East). 

Norwegian  American  Line,  Pier  ft.  30th  St.,  Brooklyn.  > 

Norwich  Line,  Pier  40,  North  River,  ft.  Clarkson'St.  To 
New  London. 

Ocean  Steamship  Co.,  Pier  35,  North  River,  ft.  Spring 
St.  To  Savannah. 

Old  Dominion  Steamship  Co.,  Pier  25,  N.  R.,  ft.  North 
Moore  St.  To  Old  Point  Comfort,  Norfolk  and  Newport  News. 

Panama  Rail  Road  Steamship  Lines,  Pier  67,  North  River, 
ft.  27th  St.  To  Colon,  Central  and  South  American  ports. 

People's  Line  (Night),  Pier  32,  North  River,  ft.  Canal  St. 
To  Albany  (Summer  season) . 

Phoenix  Line,  Pier  59,  N.  R.,  ft.  i8th  St.     To  Antwerp. 

Prince  Line,  Pier  4,  ft.  45th  St.,  Bush  Docks,  South  Brook- 
lyn. To  Rio  de  Janeiro,  Buenos  Aires  and  other  South 
American  ports,  and  to  South  African  and  Far  Eastern  ports. 

Providence  Line,  Pier  19,  East  River,  Peck  Slip.  To 
Providence  (Boston). 

Providence  Line,  Pier  15,  North  River,  ft.  Barclay  St.  To 
Providence  (Boston)  (Summer  season). 

Quebec  Steamship  Co.,   Ltd.,   Pier  47,  North  River,  ft. 


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Broadway,  Fulton  and  Vesey  Streets 
Page  111 


ioth  St.  To  Bermuda  and 
West  Indies;  also  Summer 
Service  to  Montreal  and 
Quebec. 

Red  Cross  Line,  Pier 
B,  ft.  Richard  St.,  Erie 
Basin.  To  Halifax  and 
St.  Johns. 

Red  "D"  Line,  Pier  n, 
ft.  Montague  St.,  Brooklyn. 
To  San  Juan,  Porto  Rico; 
La  Guaira  and  other  ports 
in  Venezuela. 

Red  Star  Line,  Pier  61, 
North  River,  ft.  2ist  St. 
To  Dover  and  Antwerp. 

Royal  Dutch  West  India 
Mail,  Bush  Docks,  South 
Brooklyn.  To  Curasao  and 
ports  in  Venezuela. 

Royal  Mail  Steam 
Packet  Co.,  Pier  42,  North 
River,  ft.  Morton  St.  To 
Bermuda,  West  Indian, 
South  and  Central  Ameri- 
can ports. 

Russian-American  Line, 
ft.  3ist  St.,  South  Brook- 
lyn. To  Rotterdam  and 
Libau. 

Scandinavian  -  American 
Line,  ft.  iyth  St.,  Hoboken. 
To  Christiansand,  Chris- 
tiania  and  Copenhagen. 

Sicula  Americana  Line, 
Pier  22,  ft.  Pacific  St., 
Brooklyn.  To  Naples, 
Palermo  and  other  Medi- 
terranean ports. 

Southern  Pacific  Co., 
Atlantic  Steamship  Lines, 
Piers  49,  50,  51  and  52, 
North  River,  ft.  nth  St. 
To  New  Orleans. 

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Co.,  Pier  44,  North  River,  ft.  Barrow  Street.  To  Texas  City, 
Texas. 

United  Fruit  Co.  Lines,  Pier  16,  East  River,  ft.  Fulton 
St.  To  Kingston,  Jamaica,  and  to  Central  American  ports. 

Uranium  Steamship  Co.,  Pier  38,  ft.  Pioneer  St.,  Atlantic 
Basin,  Brooklyn.  To  Rotterdam. 

White  Star  Line,  Pier  60,  North  River,  ft.  ipth  St.  To 
Queenstown,  Liverpool,  Plymouth,  Cherbourg  and  South- 
ampton (Gibraltar,  Naples  and  Genoa). 

Wilson  Line,  Pier  ft.  ;th  St.,  Hoboken.     To  Hull. 


FERRIES 


To  Astoria— From  ft.   E.   92d   St. 
Atlantic    Highlands — From   South 

Ferry  (Summer  season). 
To  Bedloe's  Island  (Liberty  Island) 

— From  Battery  ft.  Broadway. 
*To  Blackwell's  Island — From  ft. 

26th  St.,  ft.  53d  St.,  ft.  70th  St., 

E.  R. 
To  Brooklyn — From  ft.  E.lOth  and 

E.  23d  Sts.  to  Greenpoint  Ave. 
To  Brooklyn — From  ft.  E.  23d  St. 

to  Broadway. 

To  Brooklyn — From  ft.  E.  Hous- 
ton St.  to  Grand  St. 
To  Brooklyn — From  ft.  Fulton  St. 

to  Fulton  St. 
To  Brooklyn — From  ft.  Roosevelt 

St.  to  Broadway. 
To  Brooklyn — From  ft.  Whitehall 

St.    to    Atlantic    and    Hamilton 

Aves. 
To  Brooklyn — From  ft.  Whitehall 

St.  to  39th  St. 
To  College  Point  (Queens  Borough) 

—From  ft.  E.  99th  St. 
To  Edgewater— From  W.  130th  St. 
To    Ellis    Island   —   From    Barge 

Office,  Whitehall  St. 
To  Englewood — From  ft.  Dyckman 

St. 
*To  Forts  Schuyler,  Totten  &  Slo- 

cum— From  ft.  Wall  St.,  E.  R. 
*To  Forts  Hamilton  &  Wadsworth 

—From  ft.  Wall  St.,  E.  R. 
*To  Farm  Colony  (Staten  Island) — 

From  ft.  26th  &  53d  Sts.,  E.  R. 
To     Governor's     Island  —  From 

Battery,  ft.  Whitehall  St. 
*To  Hart's  Island— From  ft.  26th 

St.,  E.  R. 
To    Hoboken— From    ft.    Barclay, 

Christopher,    and    W.    23d    Sts. 


to  Newark  and  Ferry  Sts.  (D.  L. 

&  W.  R.  R.) 
To  Hoboken— From  ft.  W.  23d  St. 

to  14th  St. 
To  Jersey  City — From  ft.  Chambers 

and    W.    23d    Sts.    to    Pavonia 

Ave.   (Erie  R.   R.,   Northern  of 

New  Jersey   R     R.,  and   N.   J. 

&    N.    Y.    R.    R.,    New    York, 

Susquehanna  &  Western  R.  R.) 
To   Jersey    City— From   ft.    Cort- 

landt    and    Desbrosses    Sts.    to 

Montgomery    St.,    Jersey    City. 

(Pennsylvania  R.  R.) 
To  Jersey  City — From  ft.  Liberty 

and  W.  23d  Sts.  to  Communi- 

paw,  Jersey  City.  (Central  R.  R. 

of    New   Jersey,    Lehigh    Valley 

R.  R.) 
*To  North  Brother  Island — From 

ft.  E.  132d  St. 
To  Queens   (Long   Island   City) — 

From  ft.  E.  34th  St.  to  Bordcn 

Ave.  (L.  I.  R.  R.) 
*To  Randall's  Island— From  ft.  E. 

26th,  E.  120th,  and  E.  125th  Sts. 
To    Richmond    (Staten    Island) — 

From   ft.    Whitehall   St.    to   St. 

George     (Staten     Island     Rapid 

Transit  R.  R.,  &  Trolley  Lines). 
*To    Riker's    Island— From   ft.  E. 

26th  St. 
*To  Sandy  Hook  Proving  Grounds 

—From  ft.  Wall  St.,  E.  R. 
*To  Ward's   Island— From   ft.    E. 

116th  St. 
To    Weehawken — From    ft.    Cort- 

landt  and   ft.   W.   42d  Sts.    (to 

West  Shore  R.  R.  Depot). 
*To  West  New  York— From  ft.  W. 

42d  St.  to  Old  Slip. 


NOTE:  E.  R.,  East  River, 
required. 


"Permit 


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PLACES  OF 

Academy    of    Music,    14th    St.    & 

Irving  PI. 

Alhambra,  Seventh  Ave.  &  126th  St. 
American    Leaeue    Baseball    Park, 

156th  St.  &  Eighth  Ave. 
American     Museum     of     Natural 

History,77th  St.  &  Central  Pk.  W. 
American  Music  Hall,  Eighth  Ave. 

&  42d  St. 

Apollo,  116th  St.  near  7th  Ave. 
Aquarium,  Battery  Park. 
Astor,  Broadway  &  45th  St. 
Audubon,  165th  St.  &  Broadway. 
Belasco,  44th  St.  near  Broadway. 
Booth,  45th  St.  W.  of  Broadway. 
Broadway,  Broadway  &  41st  St. 
Bronx  Opera  House,  436  E.  149th  St. 
Candler,  42d  St.  near  Seventh  Ave. 
Carnegie  Hall,  7th  Ave.  &  57th  St. 
Casino,  Broadway  &  39th  St. 
Century,  62d  St.  &  Central  Park  W. 
Circle,  60th  St.  &  Broadway. 
Cohan's,  Broadway  &  43d  St. 
Colonial,  Broadway  &  62d  St. 
Columbia,  Seventh  Ave.  &  47th  St. 
Comedy,  41st  St.   near    Broadway 
Cort,  48th  St.  east  of  Broadway. 
Dancing    Carnival,  Grand  Central 

Palace. 

Eltinge,  42d  St.  W.  of  Broadway. 
Empire,  Broadway  &  40th  St. 
Forty-eighth  Street  Theatre,  48th 

St.  W.  of  Broadway. 
Forty-fourth  Street  Theatre,  44th 

St.  W.  of  Broadway. 
Fulton,  208  W.  46th  St. 
Gaiety,  Broadway  &  46th  St. 
Garden,  Madison  Ave.  &  E.  27th  St. 
Garrick,  65  W.  35th  St. 
Globe,  Broadway  &  46th  St. 
Grand    Central    Palace,    Lexington 

Ave.  &  46th  St. 
Grand  Opera  House,  Eighth   Ave. 

&  23d  St. 

Hamilton,  146th  St.  &  Broadway. 
Harris,  42d  St.  near  Eighth  Ave. 
Hippodrome,  6th  Ave.,43d-44thSts. 
Hudson,  44th  St.  near  Broadway. 
Irving  Place,  13  Irving  PI. 
Jardin  de  Danse,  Broadway,  44th  & 

45th  Sts. 
Keith's  Union  Square,   Union   Sq. 

&  14th  St. 
Keith's  Harlem  Opera  House,  205 

W.  125th  St. 
Knickerbocker,  Broadway  &  38th  St. 


AMUSEMENT 

Lexington,  Lexington  Ave.,  50th  & 

51st  Sts. 

Liberty,  234  W.  42d  St. 
Longacre,  48th  St.  W.  of  Broadway. 
Lyceum,  45th  St.  near  Broadway. 
Little,  44th  St.  W.  of  Broadway. 
Lyric,  42d  St.  near  Seventh  Ave. 
Madison  Square  Garden,  Madison 

Ave.  &  26th  St. 
Manhattan  Opera  House,  315  W. 

34th  St. 
Maxine    Elliott's,    39th    St.    near 

Broadway. 
Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art,  Fifth 

Ave.  &  82d  St. 

Metropolitan  Opera  House,  Broad- 
way &  40th  St. 
Murray    Hill,    Lexington    Ave.    & 

42dSt. 

Nemo,  110th  St.  &  Broadway. 
National    League    Baseball    Park, 

156th  St.  &  Eighth  Ave. 
New  Amsterdam,  214  W.  42d  St. 
New  York,   Broadway  &  45th  St. 
Olympic,  145  E.  14th  St. 
Palace,  47th  St.  &  7th  Ave. 
Park,  59th  St.  &  Broadway. 
Playhouse,  48th  St.  near  Broadway. 
Plaza,  Madison  Ave.  &  59th  St. 
Polo  Grounds,  156th  St.  &  8th  Ave. 
Princess,  39th  St.  E.  of  Broadway. 
Proctor's  23d  St.,  142  W.  23d  St. 
Proctor's  Fifth  Ave.,  Broadway  and 

28th  St. 

Procter's  58th  St.,  154  E.  58th  St. 
Proctor's  125th  St.,  112  E.  125th  St. 
Public  Library,  Fifth  Ave.  &  40th 

to  42d  Sts. 

Punch  &  Judy,  49th  St.  E.  of  Bdwy. 
Republic,  42d  St.  near  Broadway. 
Riverside,  Broadway  &  96th  St. 
Savoy,  112  W.  34th  St. 
Shubert,  44th  St.  W.  of  Broadway. 
St.  Nicholas  Skating  Rink,  69  W. 

66th  St. 

Standard,  90th  St.  &  Broadway. 
Strand,  Broadway  &  47th  St. 
Thirty-ninth  Street  Theatre,  39th 

St.  near  Broadway. 
Vitagraph,  Broadway  &  44th  St. 
West  End,  368  W.  125th  St. 
Winter  Garden,  Bdwy.  &50th  St. 
Yorkville,  157  E.  86th  St. 
Ziegfield  Follies,  Atop  New  Amster- 
dam, 42d  St.  near  7th  Ave. 
Zoo,  Central  Park. 


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RAILROAD  STATIONS 

Atlantic  Coast  Line, 
Seventh  Ave.,  326.  to  336! 
Sts.,and  Hudson  &  Manhat- 
tan R.  R.  Stations. 

Baltimore  &  Ohio,  ft. 
W.  23d  &  Liberty  Sts. 

Central  of  New  Jersey, 
ft.  W.  23d  &  Liberty  Sts.; 
New  Jersey  Southern  Divi- 
sion (in  summer),  ft.  W. 
42d  &  Cedar  Sts. 

Chesapeake  &  Ohio, 
Seventh  Ave.,  32d  to  33<i 
Sts.,  and  Hudson  &  Man- 
hattan R.  R.  Stations. 

Delaware,  Lackawanna 
&  Western,  ft.  Barclay  & 
Christopher  Sts.,  &  W.  23d 
St.  and  Hudson  &  Manhat- 
tan R.  R.  Stations. 

Erie,  ft.  Chambers  &  W. 
23d  Sts.  and  Hudson  & 
Manhattan  R.  R.  Stations. 
Hudson  &  Manhattan 
R.  R.  (Hudson  Tunnels) 
from  33d  St.  &  Sixth  Ave., 
down  Sixth  Ave.  to  Chris- 
topher St.,  thence  to  Jersey 
City,  Hoboken  and  Newark 
making  sub-surface  connec- 
tions with  Erie,  Delaware, 
Lackawanna  &  Western  and  Pennsylvania  R.  Rds.  For  Sta- 
tions see  page  30. 

Lehigh  Valley,  ft.  Liberty  &  W.  23d  St. 
Long  Island,  Seventh  Ave.  &  33d  St.,  ft.  E.  34th  St.  Atlan- 
tic   Ave.    branch,   junction  of  Flatbush  &    Atlantic    Aves., 
Brooklyn. 

New  Jersey  &  New  York  (Erie),  ft.  Chambers  and  W.  23d 
Sts.  and  Hudson  &  Manhattan  R.  R.  Stations. 

New  York  &  Long  Branch,  ft.  Liberty,  Cortlandt,  Des- 
brosses  and  W.  23d  Sts.,  and  Pennsylvania  R.  R.  Station,  32d  St. 
&  Seventh  Ave.  In  summer  ft.  W.  42d  &  Cedar  Sts.,  also. 

New  York  Central  &  Hudson  River,  New  York  Central 
Lines,  Grand  Central  Terminal,  42 d  and  Park  Ave.,  Harlem, 


Equitable  Building 

Broadway  and  Pine  Street 

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1 2  5th  St. ;  Mott  Haven,  i38th  St. ;  Putnam 
Division,  15 5th  St. 

New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford, 
Grand  Central  Terminal,  42 d  St.  and  Park 
Ave.,  Harlem,  12 5th  St.,  Willis  Ave.  & 
i33d  St. 

New  York,  Ontario  &  Western,  ft. 
Cortlandt  St.  &  W.  42d  St. 

New  York,  Susquehanna  &  Western 
(Erie),  ft.  Chambers  &  W.  23d  Sts.  and 
Hudson  &  Manhattan  R.  R.  Stations. 

New  York,  West  Chester  &  Boston, 
Harlem  River,  i33d  St.  &  Willis  Ave. 

Norfolk  &  Western,  Seventh  Ave., 
32d  to  33d  Sts.,  and  Hudson  &  Manhat- 
tan R.  R.  Stations. 

Northern  of  New  Jersey  (Erie),  ft. 
Chambers  &  W.  23d  Sts.  and  Hudson  & 
Manhattan  R.  R.  Stations. 

Pennsylvania,  Seventh  Ave.,  32d  to 
33d  Sts.,  and  Hudson  &  Manhattan  R.  R. 
Stations. 

Philadelphia  &  Reading,  ft.  W.  23d  & 
Liberty  Sts. 

Seaboard  Air  Line,  Seventh  Ave.  32d 
to  33d  Sts.,  and  Hudson  &  Manhattan 
R.  R.  Stations. 

Southern  Railway,  Seventh  Ave.  32d  to 
33d  Sts.,  and  Hudson  &  Manhattan  R.  R. 
Stations. 

Staten  Island,  ft.  Whitehall  St. 

West  Shore,  ft.  Cortlandt  and  ft.  W. 
42d  St. 

MANHATTAN  AND  THE  BRONX 

SIGHT-SEEING 

Sight-Seeing.   Automobiles  and  yachts, 
run   on    regular  schedules,  provide  com- 
fortable and  convenient  facilities  for  view- 
ing   places    of    interest    in    and    around 
Manhattan.     These  tours  are  conducted 
Metropolitan  Life         by  lecturers,   who  point  out  and  explain 
insurance  Building        the  features  along  the   way.     The   rates 

ison  Ave.  and  23d  Street  << 

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HOTELS 


Aberdeen,  17  W.  32d  St. 
Albert,  University  PI.  &  llth  St. 
Aldine,  431  Fourth  Ave. 
Algonquin,  59  W.  44th  St. 
Alliance,  258  W.  44th  St. 
America,  102  E.  15th  St. 
Ansonia,  Broadway  £  73d  St. 
Arlington,  18  W.  25th  St. 
Ashton,  Madison  Ave.  &  93d  St. 
Astor,  Broadway,  44th  &  45th  Sts. 
Belleclaire,  Broadway  £  77th  St. 
Belmont,  Park  Ave.  &  42d  St. 
Beresford,    Central    Park   West    & 

81st  St. 
Biltmore,   Vanderbilt  Ave.   &  43d 

St. 

Bonta,  Broadway  &  94th  St. 
Breslin,  Broadway  &  29th  St. 
Bretton  Hall,  Broadway  &  86th  St. 
Brevoort,  Fifth  Ave.  &  8th  St. 
Bristol,  122  W.  49th  St. 
Broadway    Cehtral,    Broadway    & 

3d  St. 

Broztell,  3  E.  27th  St. 
Brunswick,  Madison  Ave.  &  89th  St. 
Buckingham,  Fifth  Ave.  &  50th  St. 
Calumet,  340  W.  57th  St. 
Calvert,  Broadway  &  41st  St. 
Cecil,  St.  Nicholas  Ave.  &  118th  St. 
Chelsea,  222  W.  23d  St. 


Churchill,  Broadway  &  14th  St. 
Claridge,  44th  St.  &  Broadway. 
Clendening,  202  W.  103d  St. 
Collingwood,  45  W.  35th  St. 
Colonial,  Columbus  Ave.  &  81st  St. 
Continental,  Broadway  &  41st  St. 
Cumberland,  Broadway  &  54th  St. 
Delmonico's,  Fifth  Ave.  &  44th  St. 
Devon,  70  W.  55th  St. 
Earle,  103  Waverly  PI. 
Earlington,  55  W.  27th  St. 
Empire,  Broadway  &  63d  St. 
Endicott,  101  W.  81st  St. 
'Flanders,  135  W.  47th  St. 
Frederick,  210  W.  56th  St. 
Gerard,  123  W.  44th  St. 
Gotham,  Fifth  Ave.  &  55th  St. 
Grand,  Broadway  &  31st  St. 
Great  Northern,  118  W.  57th  St. 
Gregorian,  42  W.  35th  St. 
Grenoble,  Seventh  Ave.  &  56th  St. 
Hargrave,  112  W.  72d  St. 
Hawthorne,  70  W.  49th  St. 
Herald  Square,  116  W.  34th  St. 
Hermitage,  Seventh  Ave.  &  42d  St. 
Holland     House,     Fifth     Ave.    & 

30th  St. 

Holley,  36  Washington  Sq. 
Imperial,  Broadway  &  32d  St. 
Irving,  26  Gramercy  Pk. 


Van  Cortlandt  Manor  House 
Van  Cortlandt  Park 
Paee  77 


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Troquois,  49  W.  44th  St. 
Judson,  53  Washington  Sq. 
Knickerbocker,  Broadway  &  42d  St. 
Lafayette,  University  PI.  &  9th  St. 
Langdon,  Fifth  Ave.  &  56th  St. 
Latham,  4  E.  28th  St. 
Le  Marquis,  12  E.  31st  St. 
Leonori,  Madison  Ave.  &  63d  St. 
Longacre,  47th  St.  &  Broadway. 
Lorraine,  Fifth  Ave.  &  45th  St. 
Lucerne,  79tn  St.  &  Amsterdam  Ave. 
Majestic,  Central  Park  West  &  72d 

St. 

Manhattan,  Madison  Ave.  &  42d  St. 
Manhattan  Square,  50  W.  77th  St. 
Marie  Antoinette,  Broadway  & 

66th  St. 
Marlborough-Blenheim,    Broadway 

&  36th  St. 

Marseille,  Broadway  &  103d  St. 
Martha  Washington,  29  E.  29th  St. 
Martinique,  Broadway  &  33d  St 
Maryland,  104  W.  49th  St. 
McAlpin,  Broadway  &  34th  St. 
Murray  Hill,  Park  Ave.  &  40th  St. 
Narragansett,  Broadway  &  93d  St. 
Navarre,  Seventh  Ave.  &  38th  St. 
Netherland,  Fifth  Ave.  &  59th  St. 
New  Victoria,  155  W.  47th  St. 
New    Weston,     Madison    Ave.    & 

49th  St. 

Normandie,  Broadway  &  38th  St. 
Oxford,  Park  Ave.  &  58th  St. 
JPark  Avenue,  Park  Ave.  &  32d  St. 
Plaza,  Fifth  Ave.  &  59th  St. 
Prince  George,  14  E.  28th  St. 
Raymond,  42  E.  28th  St. 
Renaissance,  512  Fifth  Ave. 
Roland,  56  E.  59th  St. 


Rutledge,  Lexington  Ave.  &  30th  St. 
Saint  Andrew,  Broadway  &  72d  St. 
Saint  Denis.  Broadway  &  llth  St. 
St.  George,  49  E.  12th  St. 
Saint  James.  109  W.  45th  St. 
Saint    Lorenz.    Lexington    Ave.    & 

72d  St. 

Saint  Louis,  32  E.  32d  St. 
Saint     Paul,     Columbus     Ave.     & 

60th  St. 

Saint  Regis,  Fifth  Ave,  &  55th  St. 
San  Remo,  Central  Park  West  & 

74th  St. 

Savoy,  Fifth  Ave.  &  59th  St. 
Schuyler,  59  W.  45th  St. 
Seville,   Madison  Ave.  &  29th  St. 
Seymour,  44  W.  45th  St. 
Sherman     bauare,     Broadway     & 

71st  St. 

Sherry's,  Fifth  Ave.  &  44th  St. 
Somerset.  150  W.  47th  St. 
Theresa.  7th  Ave.  &  125th  St. 
Touraine.  9  E.  39th  St. 
Union  Square.  15th  St.  &  Union  Sq. 
Van  Cortlandt,  142  W.  49th  St. 
Van  Rennseiaer,  15  E.  llth  St. 
Vanderbilt.  Park  Ave.  &  34th  St. 
Waldort-Astona,     Fifth     Ave.     & 

34th  St. 

Wallick.  Broadway  &  43d  St. 
Webster.  40  W.  45th  St. 
Wellington.  Seventh  Ave.   &  55th 

St. 

Willard,  252  W.  76th  St. 
Wolcott.  Fifth  Ave.  &  31st  St. 
Woodstock.  127  W.  43d  St. 
Woodward.  Broadway  &  55th  St. 
York,  Seventh  Ave.  &  36th  St. 


TELEGRAPH  HEADQUARTERS 

Western  Union:    Corner  of  Broadway  &  Dey  St. 

Postal    Telegraph    &    Commercial    Cable:    Broadway 
Murray  St. 


POST  OFFICE 

The  general  post  office  is  located  on  Broadway  and  Park 
Row,  adjoining  City  Hall  Park  on  the  south.  It  can  be  con- 
veniently reached  by  Subway  (Interborough  Rapid  Transit 


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System),  Fulton  St.  or  Brooklyn  Bridge  stations;  Third  Ave. 
Elevated,  Brooklyn  Bridge  Station ;  Sixth  Ave.  Elevated,  Park 
PI.  Station;  Ninth  Ave.  Elevated,  Barclay  St.  Station;  Madi- 
son Ave.  surface  cars  (Brooklyn  Bridge  Line);  Broadway 
surface  cars  (all  down-town  lines);  Third  Ave  surface  cars 
(post  office  lines) ;  Lexington  Ave.  surface  cars,  via  23d  St.  and 
Broadway. 

Pennsylvania  Terminal  Post  Office,  located  on  8th  Ave., 
between  3Oth  and  33d  Sts.,  two  blocks  from  Broadway  and 
6th  Ave.  and  Hudson  and  Manhattan  tubes. 

Grand  Central,  Hudson  Terminal  and  Madison  Sq.  Stations 
are  open  on  week  days  from  7  a.m.  to  12  midnight;  money 
order  business,  from  8  a.m.  to  8  p.m. 

All  other  carrier  stations  are  open  on  weekdays  from  7  a.m. 
to  8  p.m. ;  money  order  business,  8  a.m.  to  8  p.m. 

BROADWAY 

This  is  one  of  the  most  famous,  as  well  as  one  of  the 
longest  streets  in  the  world.  It  extends  from  Bowling  Green 
to  Yonkers. 


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Mott  Street,   Chinatown 
Off  Chatham  Square,  West  of  the  Bowery 
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The  buildings  on  the  east  side   (right  hand  going  north) 
are  given  even  numbers;  those  on  the  west  side  odd  numbers. 

NOTE  :    Lists  of  hotels,  clubs,  and  theaters  will,  be  found  on 
other  pages. 

No.    100 — American  Surety   Bldg. 
No.  Ill— Thames  St.  Trinity  Bldg. 
No.  120— Equitable  Bldg. 
No.  115— Cedar  St.  U.  S.  Realty 

Bldg. 

No.  149— Liberty  St.  Singer  Bldg. 
No.    160— Cortlandt   St.   Lawyer's 

Title,  Insuance  &  Trust  Co. 
No.  165— City  Investing  Bldg. 
No.  170— Maiden  Lane. 
No.  176— Title,  Guarantee  &  Trust 

Co. 
No.    192— John    St.    Chatham    & 

Phenix  National  Bank. 


Starting  from  Bowling  Green 

No.  1 — Washington  Bldg.,  site  of 
Kennedy  House,  headquarters  of 
Generals  Washington  and  Lee. 

No.  2 — Produce  Exchange,  site  of 
Lead  Statue  of  King  George  III, 
destroyed  by  the  people  July  9, 
1776,  and  cast  into  bullets  for 


Revolutionary  War. 
No.  26— Standard  Oil  Bldg. 
No.  29— Morris  St.  Columbia  Bldg. 
No.  41 —Hamburg  -  American,  site 

of  first  residence  on  Manhattan 

Island. 

No.  53 — Adams  Express  Co. 
No.  61 — American  Express  Co. Bldg. 
No.  66— Manhattan  Life  Bldg. 
No.  71— Rector  St.  Empire  Bldg. 

Wall    St.    Trinity    Church    and 

Cemetery. 


No.  195 — Dey  St.  Western  Union 

Telegraph  Bldg. 
No.  203— Fulton  St.Mail&Express. 

St.  Paul's  Chapel  (erected  1776) 

and  Cemetery. 
No.  206 — Fulton  St.  Evening  Post 

Bldg. 


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No.  225 — Vesey  and  Barclay  Sts. 

No.  270— Ann  St.  St.  Paul  Bldg. 
Barclay  St.  Park  PL,  Wool  worth 
Bldg.  Park  Row— Mail  St.  Post 
Office. 

No.  247 — Murray  St.  Importers  & 
Traders  National  Bank. 
Chambers  St.  City  Hall  Park; 
City  Hall;  County  Court  House; 
Statue  Nathan  Hale. 

No.  253— Murray  St.  Postal  Bldg. 
Washington  Trust  Co. 

No.  256— Home  Life  Bldg. 

No.  258— Warren  St. 

No.  271— Chambers  St.  National 
Shoe  &  Leather  Bank. 

No.  290 — Reade  St. 

No.  291 — East  River  Savings  Insti- 
tution. 

No.  340 — Leonard  St.  New  York 
Life  Bldg. 

No.  422 — Howard  St.  Station  "S" 
Post  Office. 

No.  611— W.  Houston  St.  Cable 
Bldg. 

E.  8th  St.— John  Wanamaker's 
Department  Store. 

E.  loth  St.— Grace  Church. 

E.  i4th  St.— Union  Square. 

No.  881— E.  igth  St.  Arnold  Con- 
stable &  Co.  Dry  Goods  Store. 


22d-23d  Sts.— Flatiron  Bldg. 

W.  23d  St.— W.  25th  St Madison 

Sq.,   Worth  Monument.     Fifth 
Ave.  Bldg. 

W.  32d  to  33d  Sts.  (Sixth  Ave.).— 
Gimbel  Bros.  Department  Store 

W.  33d  St Greeley  Sq. 

W.  33d-34th  Sts.— Saks  &  Co. 
Department  Store.  Herald  Sq. 

W.  34th -35th  Sts.— R.  H.  Macy 
Department  Store. 

W.  35th  St.— New  York  Herald 
Bldg. 

No.  1451 — W.  4ist  St.  Commercial 
Trust  Co. 

W.  42d  St. — Times  Square;  Long- 
acre  Bldg. ;  Times  Bldg. 

W.  56th  St.—  Broadway  Taber- 
nacle (Congregational). 

W.  sgth  St.  (Central  Park  West)— 
Columbus  Circle;  Columbus 
Monument;  National  Maine 
Memorial;   Merchants'  Gate  to 
Central  Park. 

W.  63d  St Lincoln  Sq. 

W.  7ist  St.— Blessed  Sacraments 
R.  C.  Church. 

W.  73d  St.— Sherman  Sq.;  Statue 
of  Verdi;  Manhattan  Congre- 
gational Church. 

W.  79th  St.— First  Baptist  Church, 
founded  A.  D.  1745. 


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FIFTH  AVENUE 

Starting  from  Washington  Square.  Odd  numbers  are  on 
the  east  or  right  hand  side  going  north;  even  numbers  on  the 
west  side,  except  between  5gth  and  loist  Sts.  Central  Park 
occupies  the  west  side  of  the  avenue. 

NOTE:  Lists  of  hotels,  clubs,  and  theaters  will  be  found  on  other  pages. 
No.  21 — Former  residence  of  Mark      No.  607 — Mrs.  Mary  R.  Gardner. 


Twain. 

W.  lothSt Church  of  the  Ascen- 
sion. 

W.  I2th  St.— Old  First  Presby- 
terian Church. 

E.  igth  St.,  No.  115— Arnold  Con- 
stable &  Co.  Dry  Goods  Store. 

W.  20th  St.,  No.  150— Methodist 
Book  Concern. 

E.  22d  to  23d  St — Flatiron  Bldg. 

23d  St.,  No.  200— Fifth Ave.  Bldg. 

23d  to  26th  St.  (East  side)— Madi- 
son Sq.,  Worth  Monument. 

E.  26th  St. — Farragut  Monument. 

W.2gth  St.— The  Marble  Collegiate 
ReformProtestantDutch  Church 

E.  34th  St.— B.  Altman  &  Co. 
Department  Store. 

No.  377 — Residence  of  Mrs.  Gor- 
don Nome. 

No.  379 — John  A.  Hadden,  Jr. 

E.  37th  St.,  No.  401— Tiffany  &  Co. 

W.  37th  St.,  No.  412— Brick  Pres- 
byterian Church. 

W.  38th  St.  —  Lord  &  Taylor 
Department  Store. 

W.  3Qth  St A.  A.  Vantine&Co. 

Oriental  Department  Store. 

E.  40th  St.,  Arnold,  Constable  Co. 

42d  St. — New  York  Public  Library. 

No.  511  — Residence  of  Richard 
Thornton  Wilson,  Jr. 

E.  43d  St. — Temple  Emanu-El. 

W.  44th — Fifth  Avenue  Bank. 

E.  45th  St.,  No.  551 — Church  of 
the  Heavenly  Rest. 

No.  555  —  Mrs.  James  R.  Jessup. 

E.  47th  St.,  No.  579 — Mrs.  F.  J. 
Shepard  (Miss  Helen  Miller 
Gould). 

No.  585  —  Captain  Warren  C. 
Beach. 

E.  48th  St.,  No.  591 — Mrs.  Robert 
Goelet. 

W.  48th  St. — Collegiate  Church  of 
St.  Nicholas. 

No.  604 — Mrs.  Russell  Sage. 


No  609— Miss  E.  W.  White. 
W.  49th  St. — Mrs.  Ogden  Goelet. 

John  Innes  Kane. 
No.  612 — Frederick  S.  Flower. 
No.  616— Mrs.  Daniel  Butterfield. 
No.  620 — Chas.  F.  Hoffman. 
No.  622 — August  Hecksher. 
W.  50th  St. — Geo.  Henry  Sargent. 
E.    soth-5ist    St.  — St.    Patrick's 

Cathedral. 

No.  645 — Wm.  B.  Osgood  Field. 
No.  647 — Robert  Goelet. 
E.  52d  St.— Morton  F.  Plant. 
W.  52d  St.,  No.  660— Wm.  K.  Van- 

derbilt. 
No.  666— Mrs.  Wm.  K.  Vanderbilt, 

Jr. 

W.  53d  St.— St.  Thomas  Episcopal 
Church. 

E.  53d  St.,  No.  673 — James  Tolman 
Pyle. 

No.  675  —  Samuel  Untermeyer. 

No.  677  —  Cornelius  Vanderbilt. 

W.  54th  St.,  No.  684— Mrs.  Hamil- 
ton McK.  Twombly. 

E.  54th  St.— Chas.  W.  Harkness. 

No.  689— Wm.^  Rockefeller.  ^ 

No.  693 — W.  Kirkpatrick  Brice. 

No.  695 — Mrs.  Benjamin  B.  Brew- 
ster. 

W.  55th  St.— Fifth  Ave.  Presby- 
terian Church. 

E.  55th  St.,  No.  707— Francis  de  R. 
Wissman. 

No.  711 — Adrian  Iselin,  Jr. 

E.  56th  St.,  No.  721— Mrs.  Ambrose 
C.  Kingsland. 

No.  723 — John  Markle. 

No.  725 — Mrs.  Marcus  Daly; 
James  Watson  Gerald. 

No.  726— Mrs.  Louis  T.  Hoyt. 

E.  57th  St.— Mrs.    Collis  P.  Hunt- 
ington,  Mrs.  Herman  Oelrichs. 

No.  741 — Joseph  Guggenheim. 

No.  743— S.  R.  Guggenheim. 

No.  745 — Wm.  E.  Iselin. 

W.  57th  St. — Mrs.  Cornelius  Van- 
derbilt. 


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W.  58th  St.— The  Plaza. 

W.  59th  St.— Scholar's  Gate  to  Cen- 
tral Park;  Equestrian  Statue  of 
General  William  T.  Sherman. 

E.  6ist  St.— Elbridge  T.  Gerry. 

No.  800 — Mrs.  Jabez  A.  Bostwick. 

No.  803— Preston  Pope  Satterwhite. 

No.  804— William  Emlen  Roosevelt. 

No.  805 — William   Lanman    Bull. 

E.  62d  St.,  No.  810— Hamilton  Fish 

No.  811 — Francis  L.  Loring. 

No.  812 — George  G.  McMurty. 

No.  813 — Hugh  J.  Chisholm. 

No.  814 — Mrs.  Thomas  Rutter. 

No.  816 — Robert  L.  Gerry. 

E.  63d  St.,  No.  817 — Clarence 
Postley. 

No.  824 — James  Powell  Kernochan. 

No.  825 — Clifford  V.  Brokaw. 

No.  826 — Henry  Mortimer  Brooks. 

E.  64th  St.,  No.  828  — Edward  J. 
Berwind. 

No.  830 — James  Benali  Haggin. 

No.  833 — William  Guggenheim. 

No.  834 — Frank  Jay  Gould. 

No.  835— John  W.  Herbert. 

No.  836 — Mrs.  Isador  Wormser. 


E.    65th   St.,    No.    838  —  William 

Watts  Sherman. 

No.  840 — Mrs.  John  Jacob  Astor. 
No.  845 — Grant  Barney  Schley. 
E.  66th  St. — Mrs.  Henry  O.  Have- 

meyer. 

No.  852 — Col.  Oliver  H.  Payne. 
No.  854 — Benjamin  Thaw. 
E.  67th  St.— Judge  Gerry. 
No.  857— George  J.  Gould. 
No.  858 — Thomas  F.  Ryan. 
68th  St.,  No.  871 — Harry  Payne 

Whitney. 

No.  874 — Mrs.  Joseph  Stickney. 
No.  875 — Daniel  Gray  Reid. 
No.  876 — Francis  Burton  Harrison. 
E.  6gth  St. — Ogden  Mills,  Mrs.  E. 

H.  Harriman. 
No.  88 1 — Heber  Bishop. 
No.  883 — Mrs.  John  Sloane. 
E.  7oth  St.— Henry  Clay  Frick. 
E.  7ist  St.— Mrs.  Nathalie  E.Balies. 
E.  72d  St.,  No.  908 — Mrs.   Aber- 

crombie  Burden. 
No.  912 — James  O.  Bloss. 

John  W.  Sterling. 
No.  914 — Samuel  Thorne. 
No.  922 — Nicholas  F.  Palmer. 


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No.  923 — Mrs.  Randolph  Guggen- 

heimer. 

Phillip  Lewisohn. 
No.  924 — George  Henry  Warren. 
No.  925  —  Mrs.    Herbert     Leslie 

Terrell. 

No.  926 — John  Woodruff  Simpson. 
E.  74th  St.,    No.  929 — Livingston 

Crosby.    Rev.  Alfred  Duane  Pell. 
No.  930 — Simeon  B.  Chapin. 
No.  932 — Mortimer  L.  Schiff. 
No.  933 — Lamon  V.  Harkness. 
No.  934— Mrs.  Alfred  M.  Hoyt. 
E.  75th  St.,  No.  936— Edwin  Gould. 

Edward  S.  Harkness. 
E.  76th  St. — Temple  Beth-El,  Mrs. 

J.  J.  Wysong. 

No.  954 — Samuel  W.  Bridgham. 
No.  955 — J.  Horace  Harding. 
E.  77th  St.,  No.  962 — William 

Andrews  Clark. 

No.  963  —  Charles  Fred  Dieterich. 
No.  964— Mrs.  George  II.  Butler. 
No.  965— Jacob  H.  Schiff. 
E.  78th  St. — Judge  Abram  R.  Law- 
rence. James  B.  Duke. 
No.  972 — Payne  Whitney. 
E.  79th  St. — Isaac  V.  Brokaw. 
No.  984 — Howard  C.  Brokaw. 
No.  985 — Irving  Brokaw. 
No.  986 — William  J.  Curtis. 
No.  987 — Walter  Lewisohn. 
No.  988 — Hugh  A.  Murray. 
E.  8oth  St.,  No.  989— Nicholas  F. 

Brady. 

No.  990 — Frank    W.     Wool  worth. 
No.  991 — David  Crawford  Clark. 
No.  993 — Louis  Stern. 
No.  1007  —  Henry  C.  Timmerman. 
No.  1007 — Orville  Tobey. 
No.  1008  —  Capt.  James  Berry 

Drouillard. 


E.  82d  St. — Metropolitan  Museum 

of  Art  (West  Side). 
No.  1014 — James  F.  A.  Clark. 
No.  1015 — Anthony  J.  Drexel,   Jr. 
E.  83d  St.,  No.  1020— William    * 

Solomon. 

No.  1025 — Lloyd  Stevens  Bryce. 
No.  1026 — Mrs.  William  M.  Kings- 
land. 

No.  1027 — George  Crawford  Clark. 
E.  84th  St.,  No.  1028 — Jonathan 

Thorne. 
No.  1030 — Miss  Catherine  L. 

Hammersley. 

No.  1032 — Comtesse  Annie  Leary 
No.  1033 — George  Smith. 
No.  1034— Herbert  D.  Robbiris. 
E.  85th  St.— J.  B.  Clews. 
No.  1041 — Lloyd  Warren. 
No.  1043 — Morton  L.  Adler. 

David  Meyer. 
No.  1044  —  Mrs.    James    Hedges 

Crowcll. 

E.  86th  St.,  No.  1047— Starr  Miller. 
No.  1053 — George  Leary. 
No.  1056 — Charles  Page  Perm. 
E.  87th  St.,  No.  1058— James 

Speyer. 

No.  1063 — Henry  Phipps. 
No.  1068 — Leonard  Stein. 
E.  88th  St.— William  Pollock. 
No.  1072 — John  H.  Hanan. 
E.  Sgth  St.— B.  N.  Duke. 
No.  1081 — McLane  Van  Ingen. 
No.  1082— Chas.  S.  Phillips. 
No.  1083 — Archer  M.  Huntington. 
E.  goth  St. — Andrew  Carnegie. 
E.  9  ist  St. — Carnegie  Play  Ground. 
E.  92d  St. — I.  Townsend  Burden. 
No.  1109 — Felix  N.  Warburg. 
E.  93d  St.,  No.  1116 — Jacob  Rup- 

pert. 
E.    100  St.,   E.    loist   St. — Mount 

Sinai  Hospital. 

WALL  STREET 

In  1652  the  defenseless  condition  of  New  York  led  Gov- 
ernor Stuyvesant  to  fortify  the  little  Dutch  town  against 
a  probable  attack  by  Indians  or  hostile  New  England  colo- 
nists. A  line  of  palisades  was  planted  from  river  to  river 
[Pearl  to  Greenwich  Sts.,  just  above  the  Herre  Craft  (Broad 
St.  Inlet)],  and  banked  up  with  earth,  leaving  a  broad  space 
within  cleared  for  the  convenience  of  the  defenders.  This 
"wall"  rapidly  decayed,  but  was  repaired  from  time  to  time, 
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substantially  rebuilt  and  defended  by  stone  bastions  at  the  gates 
at  Broadway  and  the  East  River,  and  by  an  "artillery  mount" 
at  Williams  St.  Meanwhile  houses  were  built  along  the  cleared 
space  within  the  palisade,  and  it  finally  was  recognized  as  a 
street,  naturally  named  Wall  St.  Not  until  the  beginning  of 
the  eighteenth  century  were  any  streets  north  of  Wall  St.  laid 
out.  All  that  tract  was  "Damen's  farms"  as  far  north  as 
"the  Maiden's  Path  (Maiden  Lane),  which  was  a  very  ancient  road, 
its  course  through  the  valley  the  easiest  route  of  passage  from  the  two 
great  highways  along  the  North  and  East  River  sides." 

From  the  very  first,  Wall  St.  was  a  choice  street  in  the  grow- 
ing town,  where  the  best  people  lived,  and  it  retained  this  resi- 
dential character,  with  little  business  intermingled  (except  near 
its  foot,  where  the  slave  market  stood),  until  after  the  Revolution. 

"The  financial  institutions  of  the  city  became  concentrated  here 
gradually,  having  been  first  drawn  to  the  locality  and  then  kept  there 
for  some  time  by  the  fact  that  nearly  all  the  government  buildings  stood 
on  the  street.  The  City  Hall  was  here  before  its  removal  to  its  present 
site;  so  were  the  Courts;  and  the  first  Congress  of  the  United  States, 
after  the  adoption  of  the  Constitution,  assembled  in  the  building  which 
covered  the  site  of  the  present  Sub-treasury." 

Now  "Wall  St."  stands  not  only  for  the  assemblage  of  great 
financial  institu- 
tions which  line  its 
quarter-mile  but  for 
the  whole  body  of 
dealings  in  money 
and  securities  that 
go  on  in  New  York 
under  the  head  of 
the  Stock  Exchange; 
yet  the  offices  of 
many  of  the  wealth- 
iest  and  most 
influential  of  the 
financiers  credited 
to  "Wall  St."  are 
several  blocks  away 
from  that  short  av- 
enue, whose  paving 
stones  might  be 
replaced  by  gold 
bricks  without  ex- 
hausting the  vaults 
of  wealth  and  the 
world-wide  re- 
sources  which  the 
Street  represents.  page  so 


B«>ki"° 


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No.  10  Wall  St., 
at  the  head  of  New 
St.,  is  the  splendid 
Astor  Bldg.,  on 
the  site  formerly 
occupied  by  the 
First  Presbyterian 
Church. 

Corner  of  Wall 
&  Broadway,  The 
United  Bank  Bldg. 
Here  are  the  rooms 
of  its  joint  owners, 
the  First  National 
Bank  and  the  Bank 
of  the  Republic;  of 
several  private 
banking  firms,  and 
of  Southern  and 
Western  railway 
companies.  Here 
General  Grant  had 
his  offices  during 
his  brief  and  ill- 
fated  career  in  the 
"Street." 

Corner  Wall  &  Nassau  Sts.,  Bankers  Trust  Company 
Bldg.,  39  stories;  height,  539  ft.  The  ground  cost  $825  per 
sq.  ft.,  said  to  be  the  highest  price  ever  paid  for  land  any- 
where in  the  world. 

No.  23  Wall  St.  is  the  new  extensive  offices  of  J.  P. 
(Pierpont)  Morgan  &  Co.,  of  world-wide  fame.  (Formerly 
the  house  of  Drexel,  Morgan  &  Co. ) 

No.  30  Wall  St.,  The  Assay  Office,  now  being  rebuilt  on 
the  site  of  what  was  the  oldest  building  in  the  street  (erected  in 
1823),  and  at  an  earlier  period  occupied  by  the  Verplanck  man- 
sion. It  is  open  to  visitors  from  2  to  4  p.m.  and  is  well  worth 
visiting. 

"Every  operation  is  here  carried  on  that  is  done  in  the  Mint,  except 
the  actual  stamping  of  the  money.  In  the  front  are  the  offices  of  the 
assayer,  and  the  room  where  accrued  bullion  is  received  and  paid  for;  and 
in  the  six-story  building  at  the  rear  it  is  assayed,  refined,  separated, 
and  cast  into  bars.  Gold  and  silver  are  here  to  be  seen  in  great  profusion, 
the  former  generally  in  bars  weighing  from  250  to  300  ounces,  and  worth 
from  $5,000  to  $6,000,  and  the  latter  in  bars  weighing  about  200  ounces  and 
worth  $110.  The  gold  which  is  used  in  the  arts  is  generally  in  thick,  square 
plates,  worth  from  $100  to  $800.  The  most  noticeable  curiosities  are 


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the  hydraulic  press,  by  which  a  great  quantity  of  silver  is  compressed 
into  a  round  body  not  unlike  a  milk  can;  the  crystallizing  vats,  where 
the  metal  is  subjected  to  the  action  of  powerful  acids;  and  the  melting 
room,  where  at  intervals  the  gold  and  silver  are  poured  off.  From  twenty 
to  one  hundred  millions  of  crude  bullion  are  here  received,  and  assayed, 
in  the  course  of  a  year." 

The  Sub-treasury  is  the  large  Doric  building  of  granite 
extending  from  the  Assay  Office  to  Nassau  St.  and  reaching 
through  to  Pine  St.  in  the  rear.  It  stands  upon  the  site  once 
occupied  by  the  old  Dutch  City  Hall  and  by  the  subsequent 
Federal  Hall,  where  Washington  was  inaugurated  first 
President  of  the  United  States,  in  1789.  The  broad  flight  of 
steps  is  now  broken  by  a  pedestal  bearing  J.  Q.  A.  Ward's 
colossal  bronze  statue  of  Washington  taking  the  oath,  which 
was  paid  for  by  popular  subscription,  and  unveiled  in  1883. 
The  Sub-treasury  Bldg.  was  first  erected  for  the  Custom  House, 
but  was  long  ago  outgrown  and  remodeled  for  its  present 
purpose.  Within  there  is  a  rotunda  60  ft.  in  diameter,  the 
dome  being  supported  by  16  Corinthian  columns.  More 
money  is  stored  in  this  building  than  anywhere  else  in  the 
country,  except  in  the  Treasury  vaults  at  Washington. 
Most  of  the  money  paid  out  by  the  general  government  is  in 
drafts  upon  this  Sub-treasury.  At  the  east  front  of  the  build- 
ing there  is  a  tablet  representing  Washington  at  prayer  at 
Valley  Forge;  and  on  the  west  front  a  tablet  commemorating 
the  passage  by  Congress  of  the  Ordinance  of  1787,  and  the 
purchase,  by  The  Ohio  Company  of  Associates,  of  lands  in  the 
Northwest  Territory. 

No.  40  Wall  St.,  the  Bank  of  the  Manhattan  Company, 
founded  1709. 

No.  42  Wall  St.,  the  Merchants  Bank,  founded  1803. 

At  the  corner  of  Wall  &  Williams  Sts.  may  be  seen  the 
corner  stone  of  the  Bank  of  New  York,  the  oldest  New  York 
bank,  founded  by  Alexander  Hamilton  and  others  in  1784. 

BIG  BUILDINGS 

Grand  Central  Terminal.  Park  Ave.  and  42d  St.  In  the 
construction  of  this  monumental  gateway  the  aim  has  been  to 
combine  beauty  and  magnitude  with  convenience  and  service- 
ability, so  that  the  many  thousands  of  travelers  from  all  parts 
of  the  country,  and  those  from  abroad,  strangers  in  a  strange 
land,  may  go  about  the  Terminal  with  as  little  confusion  as  in 
passing  from  one  room  to  another  in  their  own  homes. 

The  Terminal  area  proper  is  dominated  by  the  main 
building,  the  exterior  finish  of  which  is  granite  and  Indiana 
limestone.  In  designing  this  building  the  architects  had  in 
mind  to  express  the  old  terminal  idea  —  the  gateway  to  a  city. 


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Grand  Central  Terminal 

Park  Ave.  and  42d  Street 

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Hence  the  central  part  of  the  facade  is  in  the  form  of  a 
triumphal  arch  of  imposing  proportions,  surmounted  by 
a  statuary  group  representing  "Progress,"  "Mental"  and 
"Physical  Force." 

The  outbound  Concourse,  a  magnificent  room  275  ft.  long, 
120  ft.  wide,  and  125  ft.  high,  is  the  principal  feature  of  the 
main  building.  In  the  Concourse  are  all  the  facilities  usually 
found  in  the  waiting  room  of  a  railroad  station — ticket  office, 
baggage-checking  booth,  parcel  room,  and  information  bureau. 
Underneath  the  main  Concourse  is  the  suburban  Concourse, 
which  is  of  about  the  same  dimensions  except  as  to  height  of 
ceiling.  It  is  laid  out  in  the  same  convenient  manner,  and  pro- 
vides the  same  facilities  as  the  main  waiting  room. 

To  furnish  some  idea  of  the  immense  size  of  this  terminal 
we  give  a  few  statistics:  total  area,  79  acres;  tracks  on f express 
level,  42,  local  level,  25;  capacity,  1,149  cars;  length  at  street 
level,  600  ft.,  width,  300  ft.,  and  height,  105  ft;  below  street 
level,  length,  745  ft.,  width,  480  ft.,  and  depth,  45  ft.  All  trains 
in  the  terminal  zone  are  operated  by  electricity. 


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Railroads  using  this  terminal  are:  New  York  Central 
Lines,  New  York  Central  &  Hudson  River  R.  R.,  New  York 
&  Harlem  R.  R.,  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  R.  R. 

Pennsylvania  Station.  This  great  structure,  the  main 
station  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  in  New  York  City,  oc- 
cupies two  entire  blocks,  from  Seventh  Ave.  to  Eighth  Ave. 
and  from  3ist  St.  to  33d  St.,  and  with  underlying  and  ad- 
joining yards  covers  nearly  six  city  blocks.  It  is  reached  from 
the  west  by  twin  tubes  extending  through  Bergen  Hill  in  New 
Jersey,  and  under  the  Hudson  River  and  part  of  New  York 
City.  Eastward  from  the  station  two  tubes  extend  under  the 
city  streets,  and  four  tubes  carry  the  tracks  under  the  East 
River  to  the  great  Sunnyside  yards  in  Long  Island  City. 

The  average  height  of  the  building  is  only  69  ft.,  with  a 
maximum  height  of  153  ft.  in  the  roof  over  the  general  wait- 
ing room,  but  the  massive  proportions  make  the  station  a  strik- 
ing architectural  object  most  pleasing  to  the  eye.  Its  frontage 
on  the  avenues  is  430  ft.  and  on  the  streets  784  ft.,  giving  it  the 
greatest  area  of  any  building  devoted  to  the  exclusive  use  and 
convenience  of  railroad  passsengers.  While  in  height  it  falls 


Pennsylvania  Station 
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below  the  towering  buildings  for  which  New  York  is  famous, 
the  expanse  of  the  pavilion-like  structure  and  its  noble  architec- 
tural lines  place  it  among  the  notable  edifices  of  modern  times. 

The  great  colonnaded  facades  are  suggestive  of  ancient  Rome, 
and  this  motif  is  still  further  carried  out  in  the  construction  of 
the  imposing  general  waiting  room,  a  model  of  the  famous 
Roman  baths  of  Caracalla.  In  contrast  to  an  exterior  of  gray 
granite,  travertine,  the  mellow,  cream-tinted  stone  utilized  for 
centuries  in  the  buildings  of  Rome,  and  brought  from  the 
quarries  in  the  Campagna,  near  Tivoli,  Italy,  is  used  for  the 
interior  finishing  of  the  arcade,  general  and  other  waiting 
rooms,  and  the  entire  interior  of  the  station. 

The  main  entrance  at  Seventh  Ave.  and  32d  St.  leads  to 
the  main  waiting  room  through  an  arcade  225  ft.  long  and  45  ft. 
wide,  bordered  on  both  sides  by  shops,  and  at  its  farther  end  ex- 
panding into  a  loggia.  In  a  niche  in  the  loggia  is  a  bronze  statue 
of  Alexander  Johnston  Cassatt,  former  president  of  the  Penn- 
sylvania Railroad,  under  whose  direction  the  plans  for  the 
station  were  perfected.  On  either  side  of  the  loggia  are  well 
appointed  dining  and  luncheon  rooms. 

On  the  first  level,  a  few  steps  below  the  street,  is  the  general 
waiting  room,  227  ft.  by  103  ft.,  and  150  ft.  from  floor  to  roof. 
Lofty  columns  and  mellow-tinted  walls  stamp  this  hall  as 
unique  in  rooms  of  its  kind.  In  it  are  located  ticket  offices,  par- 
cel rooms,  telegraph  and  telephone  offices,  and  baggage-checking 
windows.  Directly  adjoining  are  smaller  waiting  rooms  with 
seats,  and  retiring  rooms  for  men  and  women. 

Beyond,  on  the  same  level,  is  the  Concourse,  340  ft. wide  by 
210  ft.  long,  in  which  are  the  entrances  to  the  train  platforms. 
The  platforms  themselves  are  on  the  second  level  below.  There 
are  twenty-one  tracks  with  eleven  platforms,  each  platform 
having  its  own  ascents  and  passenger  and  baggage  elevators. 
Outgoing  and  incoming  passengers  are  segregated,  and  pass 
in  or  out  without  meeting. 

Above  the  station  proper  are  the  offices  of  the  local  operating 
officials  of  the  railroad. 

The  trains  of  the  following  railroads  use  this  station: 
Atlantic  Coast  Line;  Chesapeake  &  Ohio;  Long  Island;  New 
York  &  Long  Branch;  Norfolk  &  Western;  Pennsylvania; 
Seaboard  Air  Line ;  Southern. 

Hudson  Terminal  Buildings.  Church,  Dey,  Cortlandt,  and 
Fulton  Sts.  Each  building  contains  22  stories  and  is  275  ft. 
9  in.  high.  The  station  is  in  the  basement,  below  tide  level, 
surrounded  by  a  reinforced  concrete  wall  8  ft.  thick,  95  ft. 
deep,  175  ft.  wide,  and  more  than  400  ft.  long.  There  are 


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Flatiron   Building 

Broadway,  Fifth  Ave.  and  23d  Street 
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more  than  30  acres  of  rent- 
able office  space  and  50,000 
people  go  in  and  out  of  the 
offices  daily  in  addition  to 
the  great  number  who  go  in 
and  out  of  the  railroad  sta- 
tion in  the  basement.  Cost, 
$5,000,000. 

The  Woolworth  Building. 
In  general,  the  details  of  con- 
struction of  the  Woolworth 
Bldg.,  given  fjelow,  apply  to 
all  other  steel-frame  skyscrap- 
ers. 

Broadway,  from  Barclay 
St.  to  Park  PI.  This  build- 
ing stands  55  stories  above 
the  sidewalk.  Foundation, 
sunk  through  1 1 5  ft.  of  quick- 
sand to  bed  rock,  consists  of 
69  piers  of  partly  reinforced 
concrete.  Each  of  the  60 
main  columns  which  distrib- 
ute the  weight  of  the  whole 
structure  over  a  base  of 
31,000  sq.  ft.  is  3  ft.  6  in.  by 
3  ft.  8  in.  at  the  base  and  is 
designed  to  carry  a  maxi- 
mum load  of  4750  tons. 
This  allows  for  wind  pressure, 
weight  of  contents,  and  all 
other  possible  strain.  The 
total  weight  of  the  building 
is  estimated  at  125,000  tons. 
The  cross  sectional  area  of 
steel  at  the  base  of  the 
columns  is  650  sq.  in.,  and 
the  crushing  stress  resting 
upon  it  amounts  to  about 
14,600  pounds  per  sq.  in. 
Wind  resistance  is  provided 
for  to  a  maximum  pressure 
of  30  pounds  to  the  square 
foot  over  the  entire  surface 
exposed  in  any  direction. 
The  height  of  the  tower, 


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including  the  5  stories  with- 
in the  pyramidal  walls  at 
the  top,  is  730  ft.  The  ex- 
treme height  to  the  top  of 
the  ornamental  ball  and 
lantern  is  750  ft.  above  the 
sidewalk 

The  building  contains 
34  elevators,  4  of  which 
rise  from  the  1st  to  the  5ist 
floors,  a  vertical  distance 
of  679}^  ft. 

Equitable  Assurance 
Society  Building.  This 
building,  the  latest  of  the 
sky  scrapers  on  lower  Broad- 
way,  is  located  on  the  entire 
block  from  Pine  to  Cedar 
Sts.  and  from  Broadway  to 
Nassau  St.  It  is  38  stories 
high  and  towers  537  feet 
6  inches  above  curb  line. 
The  building  contains  48 
elevators  with  a  total  track- 
age of  20,240  feet,  or 
nearly  four  miles.  The 
building  fully  occupied  will  house  about  15,000  workers. 

Metropolitan  Life  Building.  Madison  Square.  This 
is  one  of  the  structural  wonders  of  New  York  and  of  the  world. 
The  tower  is  75  by  85  ft.,  with  a  total  height  of  700  ft.  The 
highest  lookout  is  reached  at  the  balcony  of  the  5Oth  story, 
660  ft.  above  the  sidewalk. 

The  clock  in  the  tower  is  350  ft.  above  the  sidewalk.  The 
dials,  of  reinforced  concrete,  faced  with  mosaic  tile,  are  each 
26  ft.  6  in.  in  diameter.  The  figures  on  the  dial  are  4  ft. 
high  and  the  minute  marks  10^2  in.  in  diameter.  The  minute 
hand  is  17  ft.  long  and  weighs  1000  pounds.  The  hour  hand 
is  13  ft.  4  in.  long  and  weighs  700  pounds. 

Connected  with  the  clock  is  a  chime  of  4  bells:  D  flat, 
weighing  7000  pounds;  E  flat,  3000  pounds;  F  flat,  2000 
pounds,  and  G,  1500  pounds.  The  hours  are  sounded  on  the 
D-flat  bell  with  an  impact  of  200  pounds.  On  the  quarter  hours 
and  half  hours  the  bells  ring  out  the  historic  chimes  composed 
by  Handel.  At  night,  in  addition  to  the  chimes  and  the  ringing 
of  the  hour,  intricate  electrical  devices  flash  out  the  hour 
and  quarter  hours,  the  quarter  hours  being  flashed  in  red,  i, 


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2  ,  3  ,  and  4  flashes  respectively  ;  the  hours  in  white.  For  illustra- 
tion, a  quarter  before  four  is  shown  by  three  red  flashes  followed 
by  four  white. 

More  than  3000  persons  are  employed  in  the  building,  of 
whom  2000  are  women  and  girls. 

Singer  Building.  Corner  Liberty  St.  &  Broadway.  41 
stories;  height,  612  ft.  from  sidewalk;  724  ft.  from  basement 
to  top  of  flagstaff;  9^  acres  floor  space.  No  wood  is  used  in 
or  on  the  building.  The  building  contains  552  vacuum  cleaners, 
600  lavatories,  3425  miles  of  wiring.  The  boilers  require  18,- 
000,000  gallons  of  water  and  8000  tons  of  coal  annually.  Eigh- 
teen incandescent  and  25  search  lights,  with  13,000,000  candle- 
power,  provide  exterior  illumination  and  make  the  tower  visible 
for  a  distance  of  40  miles. 

Flatiron  Building.  Broadway  &  23d  St.  21  stories;  height, 
286  ft.  Cost,  including  ground,  $4,800,000. 

PLACES  OF  INTEREST 

The  Statue  of  Liberty.  Bartholdi's  Statue  of  Liberty, 
the  largest  statue  of  modern  times,  stands  upon  Bedloe's 
Island,  i^<4  miles  southwest  of  the  Battery.  From  9  a.m.  to 
5  p.m.  the  statue  may  be  reached  by  boat  from  the  Battery. 

The  statue  is  the  result  of  an  impression  made  upon  Bartholdi 
during  a  voyage  to  the  United  States,  by  the  eagerness  with 
which  the  immigrants  crowded  the  decks  for  a  first  glimpse  of 
the  new  land  to  which  they  were  coming  with  such  hope  and 
confidence.    When  he  went  home  he  proposed  that  a  popular 
subscription  should  be  opened  in  France  to  present  to  the 
people  of  the  United  States  a  statue  representing  Liberty.    More 
than  $200,000  was  collected,  and  in  1879  Bartholdi  began  work 
upon  the  statue. 

DIMENSIONS 

FT.     IN.  FT.     IN. 

Height  from  base  to  torch.  151       I         Right  arm,  greatest  thick- 
Foundation  of  pedestal  to  ness  ..................    12       o 

torch  .................  305       6        Waist,  thickness  .........   35       o 

Heel  to  top  of  head  .......  114      6        Mouth,  width  ...........     3       o 

Hand,  length  ...........    16       5        Tablet,  length  ...........   23       7 

Index  finger,  length    .....     8       o        Tablet,  thickness  ........     2       o 

Index  finger,  circumference  Pedestal,  height  .........   89       o 


al  second  joint  .........     7 

'  3  ' 


Square  gides  ftt  bage>  each>     62 


Heafrorn'chinVo  cranl  Square  sides  at  top,  each.  ..  40       o 

jum                                      In  3  Grecian    columns,    above 

Head,  'through  from  "ear  base  ........  ;  .........  ?2      8 

to  ear  .................    10  o  Foundation,  height  .......   65       o 

Eye,  distance  across  ____     2  6  Square    sides    at    bottom, 

Nose,  length    ...........     4  6  each  ..................   91 

Right  arm,  length  ........  42  o  Square  sides  at  top,  each.  .  .  66       7 


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Appellate  Court  Building 

Madison  Ave.  and  25th  Street 

Page   105 

Chinatown.  Mott  St.  from  Bayard  to  Chatham  Sq.  is 
the  heart  of  Chinatown.  Here,  or  in  the  immediate  neighbor- 
hood, live  the  majority  of  the  Chinese  of  New  York.  Here  are 
the  joss  houses,  the  civil  officers  of  the  colony,  the  merchants, 
tailors,  and  shoemakers,  the  lodging  houses  and  restaurants, 
the  gambling  rooms  and  opium-smoking  dens. 

The  Chinese  stores  are  always  open  to  visitors,  and  in 
each  of  them  a  clerk  or  proprietor  speaking  English  will  be 
found.  The  stock  is  mainly  imported  direct,  and  includes  a  wide 
range  of  goods.  The  people  maintain  habits  of  personal 
cleanliness  and  their  streets  are  by  all  odds  the  cleanest  in 
that  part  of  the  city.  The  buildings  in  which  they  live  are 
well  swept  and  kept  in  good  repair,  and  their  quarters,  though 
smelling  of  incense  smoke,  and  otherwise  strangely  malodorous 
to  Caucasian  nostrils,  despite  their  crowded  condition  far  sur- 
pass in  wholesome  cleanliness  the  tenements  of  the  foreigners 
around  them. 

At  the  Joss  House,  16  Mott  St.,  one  side  of  the  room  is  filled 
with  a  great  shrine  of  magnificently  carved  ebony  columns 
and  arches,  within  which  carved  figures  covered  with  gold  leaf 


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are  placed,  the  whole  somewhat  resembling  the  stage  setting 
of  a  tiny  theater.  The  extreme  back  of  the  shrine  is  occupied 
by  a  half-length  painting  representing,  the  Chinese  will  tell 
you,  Gwan  Owing  Te,  the  only  original  god  of  the  Chinese 
Empire.  On  his  left  side  is  the  woman-like  figure  of  his  grand 
secretary,  Lee  Poo,  and  on  his  right,  in  fiercest  battle  array, 
is  Tu  Chong,  the  grand  bodyguard.  A  row  of  candles,  set  like 
theater  footlights,  illuminates  the  painting  and  brings  out  all 
of  its  oriental  splendor.  About  three  feet  in  front  of  the  shrine 
is  a  massive  carved  table  upon  which  are  arranged  the  brass 
jars,  joss  sticks,  sandal-wood  urns,  and  all  the  offerings  and 
sacrifices  peculiar  to  this  worship.  It  is  before  this  table, 
after  lighting  his  incense  sticks  and  his  sacred  paper,  that  the 
Mongolian  worshiper  makes  his  devotional  salaams,  pours  his 
tiny  libation  of  rice  wine,  and  repeats  the  ritual  of  prayers 
enjoined  upon  him.  The  religion  of  the  Chinese,  as  manifested 
here,  is,  however,  accompanied  by  little  feeling  of  reverence. 


The  Bowery.  There  is 
Dickens  here  found 
and  Thackeray  was 
see  this  street  and  its 
times  they  wrote  of 
Civil  War  and  the  com- 
immigrants.  Americans 
from  this  part  of  New 


no  other  such  street  in  America. 
material  to  his  taste, 
anxious  first  of  all  to 
habitues.  But  the 
passed  away  with  the 
ing  of  multitudes  of 
have  almost  disappeared 
York,  giving  way  to  the 


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German  and  the  Jew,  who  are  good-natured  and  frugal  even 
in  their  amusements.  Larger  buildings  and  better  shops  are 
found  year  by  year,  and  the  Bowery  is  gradually  but  steadily 
improving  in  character. 

The  Russian  Quarter.  Chatham  Sq.,  East  Broadway,  a 
semi-fashionable  thoroughfare  half  a  century  ago,  is  now  the 
central  avenue  of  the  Russian  arid  Polish  quarter  in  so  far  as 
those  people  can  be  separated  from  Jews,  Bohemians,  and 
Hungarians,  who  throng  a  square  mile  of  marvelously  crowded 
tenements  in  this  region.  Here  among  his  countrymen  dwells 
many  a  political  refugee  or  escaped  soldier  from  the  dominion 
of  the  Czar.  Signs  in  Russian  letters  are  frequent. 

"Judea."  In  wandering  about  Forsythe,  Allen,  Orchard, 
Ludlow,  Hester,  and  Canal  Sts.,  one  sees  six  and  seven-story 
brick  tenement  houses,  crowded  to  their  eaves  with  humanity. 
A  certain  square  mile  in  this  part  of  town  holds  a  quarter  of 
a  million  persons.  Nine  tenths  of  them  are  Germans  or  German 
Jews  and  Bohemians.  They  are  the  hardest  working  part 
of  the  population,  and  spend  the  least  part  of  what  they  earn. 
Here  in  "Judea"  the  fakers  and  peddlers  who  throng  the 
lower  part  of  the  town  get  their  supplies  and  learn  how  to 
earn  their  livelihood,  even  before  they  have  any  idea  of  the 
language  of  the  country. 

Baxter  Street.  In  the  daytime  this  narrow,  short,  and  dingy 
thoroughfare  will  repay  one's  curiosity.  The  street,  more 
commonly  spoken  of  as  "the  Bay,"  has  always  been  known  for 
its  cheap-clothing  business,  and  shop  after  shop  on  both  sides 
is  given  over  entirely  to  Hebrews,  who  appropriate  the  greater 
part  of  the  sidewalks  for  the  display  of  their  various  "bargains." 

The  Mulberry  Bend.  Mulberry  St.  is  narrow  and  dark. 
Six-story  tenements  rise  in  a  solid  wall  on  either  hand, 
the  first  floors  occupied  by  shops  of  various  kinds.  If  it 
be  a  hot  summer  evening  everybody  is  out  of  doors,  half  of 
the  people  asleep  on  trucks,  doorsteps,  or  the  cellar  doors. 
Thither  the  mothers  have  brought  pillows,  or  maybe  a 
mattress  for  their  children  to  lie  upon ,  and  there  they  remain 
all  night.  The  park  recently  laid  out  here  has  cleared  away 
some  of  the  worst  of  these  squalid  tenements,  and  opened  the 
"Points"  and  the  "Bend"  to  fresh  air  and  green  grass.  Here 
a  rest  house  has  been  built  and  the  park  contains  many  seats. 

Jumel  Mansion.  i6oth  &  Jumel  PI.  Built  about  1763. 
This  was  Washington's  headquarters,  September  14  to  October 
21,  1776.  Lieutenant-general  Sir  Henry  Clinton  maintained 
the  headquarters  of  the  British  army  here  during  the  summer 
of  1777.  Lieutenant-general  Baron  Von  Kuyphausen  and  his 


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German  staff  occupied  the  mansion  in  the  summer  of  1778; 
and  in  the  last  years  of  the  Revolution,  Lieutenant-general 
Von  Losberg  resided  here.  In  1 790  Washington  and  his  Cabinet 
dined  at  the  mansion,  the  guests  including  Alexander  Hamilton, 
John  and  Abigail  Adams,  General  Knox,  John  Park,  Thomas 
Jefferson,  and  Nellie  Custis. 

Stephen  Jumel  bought  the  place  in  1810,  and  in  1815  went 
to  Prance  to  bring  Napoleon  to  America.  After  Jumel's  death 
in  1832,  Mme.  Jumel  married  Aaron  Burr.  The  union,  however, 
was  of  short  duration.  Among  the  distinguished  visitors  dur- 
ing the  Jumel  regime  were  Louis,  Jerome,  and  Joseph  Bona- 
parte. Mme.  Jumel  died  in  1865.  Her  niece  became  the  wife 
of  Nelson  Chase,  and  the  Chases  lived  here  for  about  fifty 
years.  It  was  in  this  mansion  that  Fitz-Greene  Halleck  wrote 
Marco  Bozzaris.  The  city  of  New  York  purchased  the  property 
in  1903  for  $235,000,  and  it  is  now  a  museum  of  relics  of  the 
Revolutionary  period. 

Fraunces'  Tavern.  Corner  Pearl  &  Broad  Sts.  Built  in 
1700.  Here  in  December,  1783,  General  Washington  took 
leave  of  his  officers  and  aides.  The  Sons  of  the  Revolution  have 


'Little  Church   around  the   Corner' 
Church  of  the  Transfiguration 
29th  Street  near  Fifth  Ave. 
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restored  the  building.  The  first  floor  is  a  tavern.  The  second 
floor  "long  room."  contains  historical  relics. 

47  Broad  St.  Here,  seventy  years  ago,  lived  the  Shaw 
family,  friends  of  the  Poe's;  and  here  Edgar  Allen  Poe  wrote 
"The  Bells,"  the  suggestion  arising  — so  it  has  been  assumed — 
at  the  ringing  of  the  church  bells  on  a  Sunday  morning. 

The  Maine  Memorial.  This  monument  to  the  heroes  who 
lost  their  lives  by  the  explosion  which  destroyed  the  battleship 
"Maine"  is  located  at  the  Columbus  Circle  entrance  to  Central 
Park.  The  cost,  $175,000,  was  contributed  by  more  than  a 
million  persons. 

Of  the  statues,  commemorative  tablets,  busts,  and  places 
of  interest  not  mentioned  elsewhere  in  this  book,  the  following 
are  the  more  noteworthy: 

Peter  Cooper — Fourth  Ave.  &  Bowery. 

Washington  Irving — Bryant  Park. 

19  Broadway— Once  the  home  of  Daniel  Webster. 

84th  &  Broadway — Poe  Cottage.  "  The  Raven"  written  here. 

119  Pearl  St.— Captain  Kidd  lived. 

126  William  St. — Washington  Irving  lived. 

90  William  St. — Lafayette  lived. 

309  Bleecker  St.  — Tom  Paine  lived. 

59  Grove  St.— Tom  Paine  died. 

82  Jane  St.— Site  of  house  in  which  Alexander  Hamilton  died. 

24  West  1 6th  St.— Home  of  William  Cullen  Bryant. 

142  East  i8th  St. — Bayard  Taylor's  home. 

PARKS  AND   DRIVES 

Battery  Park.  At  the  southern  extremity  of  Manhattan, 
this  park  contains  21  acres,  the  greater  part  of  which  is  made 
ground.  It  is  shaded  by  large  trees  and  provided  with  a 
great  number  of  seats,  always  crowded  with  quaint  immigrants 
and  loungers.  A  broad  walk  runs  along  the  seawall,  at  the 
eastern  end  of  which  stands  the  Revenue  Barge  Office,  a  branch 
of  the  customhouse,  surmounted  by  a  tower  90  ft.  high. 
Beyond  this  lies  the  group  of  ferries  to  Brooklyn  and  Staten 
Island,  known  collectively  as  South  Ferry.  In  1893  the  Battery 
was  adorned  by  a  bronze  statue  of  John  Ericsson,  the  great 
engineer,  inventor  of  the  marine  screw  propeller  and  designer 
of  the  "Monitor."  This  statue  stands  near  the  Barge  Office. 
It  was  designed  by  J.  S.  Hartley  and  erected  by  the  city.  The 
granite  pedestal  bears  panels  in  low  relief  commemorating  the 
deeds  of  the  "Monitor." 

Originally  Manhattan  Island  was  rounded  at  the  end,  and 
bordered  with  rocks  hardly  covered  at  high  tide.  Upon  the 
outermost  of  these  a  fortification  in  the  form  of  a  water-battery 


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was  built  very  early  in  the 
history  of  the  city,  and  re- 
built, but  not  much  used, 
at  the  time  of  the  Revolu- 
tion. This  accounts  for  the 
name  of  the  park.  Among 
the  defenses  projected  at 
the  close  of  the  i8th  cen- 
tury was  a  new  fort  here, 
upon  the  bordering  rocks. 
It  was  completed  in  1805, 
and  was  named  Fort  Clin- 
ton, after  Governor  George 
Clinton.  This  is  the  struc- 
ture since  modified  into 
Castle  Garden,  now  the 
Aquarium.  After  the  war 
Fort  Clinton  was  kept  in 
good  military  shape  for 
only  a  few  years,  because 
the  defense  of  other  ap- 
proaches to  the  city  had 
made  it  practically  useless. 
It  was  deeded  to  the  state 
in  1822.  Then  began  its  civil  existence,  which  is  more  interesting 
than  its  military  history.  From  1824,  when  Lafayette  landed 
there  on  his  visit  to  this  country,  until  1853,  when  theatrical 
representations  of  a  rather  cheap  sort  were  produced  there,  the 
fort  was  a  popular  resort.  Andrew  Jackson  was  given  a  recep- 
tion at  this  place  in  1832,  and  here  in  1843  President  Tyler  was 
greeted. 

In  1847  Castle  Garden  was  remodeled  inside,  shut  in  with 
a  high  roof,  and  fitted  up  as  a  luxurious  place  of  amusement. 
The  Havana  Opera  Company,  the  leading  opera  organization 
of  the  period,  appeared  there,  and  many  fine  plays  were  given. 
Then  followed  the  wonderful  introduction  of  Jenny  Lind  by 
P.  T.  Barnum,  when  the  town  went  wild  over  the  Swedish 
diva.  Other  notable  visitors  were  Kossuth,  President  Van 
Buren,  and  Morse,  the  inventor  of  the  telegraph.  In  1855 
Castle  Garden  became  the  state  immigrant  depot,  and  nearly 
ten  millions  of  immigrants  passed  through  its  halls. 

In  1891,  however,  the  United  States  took  charge  of  immigra- 
tion, abandoned  Castle  Garden,  and  established  a  new  depot 
upon  Ellis  Island. 


Horace  Greeley 

Greeley  Square 

33d  Street  and  Sixth  Ave. 

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St.   Patrick's  Cathedral 

Fifth  Ave.  and  Sith  Street 

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The  Aquarium  is  in 
charge  of  city  officials 
and  will  repay  inspec- 
tion. The  floor  of  the 
old  fort  is  occupied  by 
open  tanks  for  large 
fishes,  seals,  great  tur- 
tles, and  other  marine 
forms,  and  the  walls 
are  encircled  by  glass- 
fronted  wall  tanks  con- 
taining an  extensive 
display  of  the  fishes  of 
our  waters,  both  salt 
and  fresh.  The  circular 
gallery  above  the  wall 
tanks  is  occupied  by 
tanks  in  which  are  liv- 
ing, amid  fixed  aquatic 
growths,  a  rich  collec- 
tion of  small  corals, 
anemones,  mollusks, 
crustaceans,  and  other 
specimens  of  sea  life  of 
great  interest  and 
beauty.  Everything  is 
fully  labeled.  Admit- 
tance free  from  loa.m. 
to  4  p.m.  daily. 

Bowling  Green.     A 

small  oval  shrubbery  in 
the  triangular  space  at 
the  foot  of  Broadway. 
It  is  the  oldest  park  in 
the  city,  and  in  early 
Colonial  days  was  a 
market  place  for  the 
little  Dutch  town,  whose 
narrow  and  intricate 
streets  were  laid  out 
between  it  and  East 
River.  The  English 
made  a  little  park  of  it, 
and  some  of  the  best 
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tionary  days  overlooked  its  lawn.  Here  was  erected  that  leaden 
statue  of  George  III  which  the  spirited  young  Americans  pulled 
down  in  1776,  and  out  of  which,  tradition  says,  they  molded 
42,000  bullets  to  fire  at  the  red-coated  subjects  of  the  detested 
monarch. 

The  lower  end  of  the  park  is  now  ornamented  by  a  bronze 
statue,  excellent  in  design,  of  Abraham  de  Peyster,  who,  about 
1700,  was  the  principal  merchant  and  most  influential  publicist 
in  New  York.  He  sits  in  a  chair  ornamented  with  symbolic 
bas-reliefs.  The  statue  was  the  gift  of  his  descendant,  L.  Watts 
de  Peyster,  and  the  artist  was  G.  E.  Bissell,  whose  statue  of 
Watts  adorns  Trinity  churchyard. 

City  Hall  Park.  A  little  spot  of  green  on  Broadway 
three  quarters  of  a  mile  above  the  Battery.  The  fine  building 
in  its  center,  the  City  Hall,  is  interesting  not  only  as  the  place 
where  the  government  of  the  city  is  conducted,  but  historically 
and  architecturally.  The  surrounding  park  is  all  that  is  left 
of  the  ancient  Commons,  which  extended  northward  to  the 
"Collect,"  or  pond,  beyond  Duane  St.,  where  the  Tombs  now 
rears  its  grim  quadrangle.  Here  stood  the  old  "Bridewell," 
the  almshouse,  the  "new"  jail  near  Chambers  St.,  and  a  gib- 
bet, all  long  since  gone.  Washington  was  present  here  at  the 
first  reading  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence. 

The  statue  of 
Nathan  Hale  should 
not  be  overlooked. 
It  is  a  bronze,  by 
MacMonnies,  and 
stands  in  the  south- 
west corner  of  the 
park,  facing  Broad- 
way. The  statue 
represents  Hale 
ready  for  his  heroic 
death  and  is  one  of 
the  most  spirited 
and  satisfactory 
statues  in  the  city. 
Just  across  from 
City  Hall  Park  is 
Printing  House 
Square,  an  open, 
paved  space  in  the 

Temple  Emanu-El  Center     of     which 

Fifth  Ave.  and  43d  Street  -         TV, 

Page  113  stands    Plassman  s 


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statue  of  Benjamin  Franklin, 
erected  in  1872  at  the  expense 
of  Captain  DeGroot,  formerly 
a  steamboat  commander  on  the 
Hudson.  Ward's  statue  of 
Horace  Greeley  is  just  in  front 
of  the  Tribune  Building. 

NOTE:  There  is  also  an  imposirg 
statue  of  Horace  Greeley  by 
Alexander  Doyle  in  Greeley 
Square,  336  Street  and  6th  Ave. 

Around  this  limited  space, 
\vithin  easy  hail  of  one  an- 
other, are  published  the  daily 
Tribune,  Sun,  Journal,  World, 
and  Press. 

Stuyvesant  Square.  i5th 
St.  £  Second  Ave.  Stuyvesant 
Square  occupies  the  space  of 
four  blocks  and  is  filled  with 
fine  old  trees  and  surrounded 
by  elegant  residences.  This 
was  a  part  of  the  Stuyvesant 
property,  and  its  west  side  is 
bounded  by  Rutherford  PL, 
preserving  the  name  of  another  old  family  whose  descendants 
dwell  near  by.  On  this  square  remain  former  homes  of  many 
old  New  York  families. 

Gramercy  Park.  2oth  &  2ist  Sts.  &  Lexington  Ave.  This 
park  belongs  to  the  owners  of  the  surrounding  property  and 
its  privileges  go  with  their  title  deeds.  Its  walks  are  reserved 
for  the  nurses  and  children  of  the  neighboring  families.  Here 
dwells  an  aristocratic  colony  of  old  and  wealthy  families,  who 
have  thus  far  withstood  the  advance  of  the  commercial  tide 
northward.  Among  them  are  many  well-known  persons.  On 
the  2oth  St.  side,  at  Nos.  116-118,  the  late  Governor  Samuel 
J.  Tilden  had  his  home,  a  palace  among  palaces;  No.  120 
is  the  club  house  of  The  Players.  Other  residences  are  those 
of  the  late  Cyrus  W.  Field,  to  whom  we  owe  the  Atlantic 
cables;  the  late  David  Dudley  Field,  the  eminent  jurist; 
Mrs.  Cortlandt  Palmer,  at  whose  house,  during  the  life 
of  her  husband,  the  Nineteenth  Century  Club  was  wont  to 
meet;  the  late  John  Bigelow,  the  late  Abram  Hewitt,  the 
Coopers,  William  Steinway  of  piano  fame,  Nicholas  Fish,  the 


Gen.   Wm.  T.   Sherman 

Fifth  Ave.  and  59th  Street 

Entrance  to  Central  Park 

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Trinity  Church  from  Wall  Street 
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late  Joseph  Howard,  of 
newspaper  repute,  and  of 
many  professional  men. 
Irving  PL  abuts  upon  the 
south  side  of  the  square, 
and  is  continued  north- 
ward from  there  to  Harlem 
as  Lexington  Ave. 

Union  Square.  Broad- 
way &  1 4th  S t .  Three  and 
one-half  acres  were  set 
apart  here  as  a  park  in 
1809.  Outdoor  meetings, 
especially  those  called  by 
labor  agitators,  often  take 
place  in  the  square,  and 
in  summer  a  flower  market 
is  held  here  every  morning 
from  5  to  8.  Here  Wash- 
ington was  received 
November  25,  1783,  and 
in  commemoration  of  this 
event  H.  K.  Browne's  fine 
equestrian  statue  of  Wash- 
ington has  been  placed  in 
the  square.  The  statue  is 
,  of  heroic  size,  and  stood 
originally  on  the  ground 
now  covered  by  the  Cooper 
Union. 

At  the  southern  end  of  the  Square,  where  the  crowd  is  always 
greatest,  is  H.  K.  Browne's  bronze  statue  of  Abraham  Lincoln, 
representing  the  President  seated  in  the  chair  of  state,  with  the 
emancipation  proclamation  in  his  hand.  The  statue  was  erected 
by  popular  subscription  soon  after  Lincoln's  assassination. 

Facing  Broadway  stands  the  life-size  figure  of  Lafayette, 
designed  by  Bartholdi,  the  sculptor  of  the  Statue  of  Liberty. 
Washington  Square.  At  the  southern  terminus  of  Fifth 
Ave.  is  Washington  Park,  nine  acres  in  extent,  occupying  the 
the  site  of  the  old  Potter's  Field,  wherein  more  than  100,000 
bodies  were  buried.  Later  the  field  was  a  military  training 
ground  and  camp  for  volunteer  troops  during  the  Civil  War. 
Its  improvement  is  therefore  more  modern  than  the  appearance 
of  the  magnificent  elms  would  indicate.  The  north  side  of 
Washington  Square  is  peculiarly  impressive  and  interesting  for 


Pilgrim  Fathers 

Central  Park 

Near  72d  Street  and  Fifth  Ave. 
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the  style  of  the  residences,  many  of  which  are  still  occupied 
by  affluent  old  families,  conservative  and  too  much  in  love  with 
past  associations  and  with  the  beauty  of  the  location  to  yield 
to  the  behest  of  fashion  and  move  uptown.  Many  well-known 
literary  men  and  artists  dwell  in  this  neighborhood. 

The  old  gray  Tudor  halls  of  the  University  of  the  City  of 
New  York,  around  which  clung  so  many  interesting  memories, 
will  be  missed  from  the  west  side  of  the  Square,  where  they 
have  been  replaced  by  a  lofty  modern  structure.  In  the  top 
of  the  new  building  the  university  has  resumed  its  sessions, 
while  the  lower  floors  are  devoted  to  business.  The  Italian 
poor  predominate  among  the  crowds  that  throng  here  on  plea- 
sant evenings;  and  to  the  Italians  the  city  owes  the  bronze 
statue  of  Garibaldi  which  faces  the  fountain  and  is  the  work 
of  Giovanni  Turini. 

Washington  Arch.  The  visitor  passes  from  Fifth  Ave.  into 
Washington  Sq.  under  the  noble  curve  of  the  Centennial  Arch. 
This  arch,  completed  in  1893,  was  built  of  marble  at  a  cost  of 
more  than  .$250,000.  It  succeeded  the  temporary  structure 
erected  for  the  centennial  celebration  of  the  inauguration  of  the 
first  President  of  the 
United  States,  which  took 
place  in  this  city  May  i, 
1889,  with  much  pomp  and 
circumstance.  The  arch 
was  paid  for  by  popular 
subscriptions,  mainly  in 
small  amounts,  and  almost 
wholly  by  residents  of  the 
city.  Its  associations  and 
artistic  value  place  it 
among  the  foremost  objects 
of  interest  in  the  metrop- 
olis. 

Madison  Square  lies 
between  23d  &  26th  Sts., 
Broadway  &  Madison  & 
Fifth  Aves.  Around  the 
square  are  the  Madison 
Square  Garden,  Dr. 
Parkhurst's  church  (Pres- 
byterian), Metropolitan 
Life  Insurance  Bldg.,  Flat- 
iron  Bldg.,  Fifth  Avenue 
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Hotel,  Hoffman  House,  Townsend  Bldg.,  James  Bldg.,  and  the 
office  of  the  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Animals. 

The  works  of  art  in  Madison  Sq.  include  a  statue  of  Roscoe 
Conkling  in  bronze,  by  Ward;  of  President  Arthur,  a  bronze 
by  Bissell;  of  Wm.  H.  Seward,  Lincoln's  Secretary  of  State, 
by  Randolph  Rogers;  a  monument  over  the  tomb  of  Major 
General  William  Jenkins  Worth,  a  hero  of  the  Mexican  War; 
the  drinking  fountain  designed  by  Emma  Stebbins  and  given  to 
the  city  by  Miss  Catherine  Lorillard  Wolfe;  and  the  memorial 
of  Admiral  Farragut  by  Augustus  St.  Gaudens,  surmounting 
a  bench-like  base  designed  by  Stanford  White. 

Central  Park.  Two  and  a  half  miles  long  north  and  south 
and  half  a  mile  wide,  Central  Park  contains  879  acres  of  beauti- 
ful lawns,  wooded  spaces,  meadows,  and  lakes,  nearly  all  due 
to  the  skill  of  the  expert  landscape  gardener.  The  park  lies 
between  sgth  &  noth  Sts.,  and  Fifth  Ave.  &  Central  Park, 
West.  Nine  miles  of  roads,  28  miles  of  walks,  and  more  than 
5  miles  of  bridle  paths  disclose  its  many  and  varied  attrac- 
tions. Located  in  about  the  center  of  Manhattan  Borough, 
it  is  easily  reached  by  the  various  lines  of  travel,  and  may  be 
viewed  by  using  the  park  carriages,  taken  at  the  $gth  St.  gate, 
at  Fifth  &  Eighth  Aves.,and  at  noth  St.  &  Lenox  Ave,  The 
carriages  make  the  circuit  of  the  park  in  an  hour.  Fare,  25 
cents,  with  stop-over  privileges.  There  is  also  a  line  of  electric 
stages  from  the  Fifth  Ave.  &  5gth  St.  entrances  through  the 
park  to  72d  St.,  and  via  Riverside  Drive  to  Grant's  Tomb. 
Fare,  25  cents;  round  trip,  40  cents. 

Within  the  confines  of  the  park  are  a  menagerie,  contain- 
ing animals  from  huge  elephants  to  squirrels,  and  birds  and 
reptiles;  two  reservoirs  with  a  capacity  of  1180  million  gallons 
of  drinking  water,  the  Museum  of  Art,  and  an  Egyptian  obelisk. 

This  obelisk  originally  stood  in  front  of  the  Temple  of  the 
Sun  in  Heliopolis,  near  Cairo,  Egypt,  where  it  was  erected 
by  Thothmes  III,  sixteen  hundred  years  before  the  birth  of 
Christ.  First  known  as  Pharaoh's  Needle,  later  as  Cleopatra's 
Needle,  it  was  presented  to  the  city  by  Ismail  Pasha,  Khedive 
of  Egypt  in  1877,  and  later  brought  to  New  York  by  William 
H.  Vanderbilt  at  a  cost  of  more  than  $100,000.  It  was  erected 
in  Central  Park  in  1881.  Many  statues  adorn  the  park,  among 
them  St.  Gaudens'  equestrian  statue  of  Wm.  T.  Sherman  at 
the  plaza  entrance,  Alexander  Hamilton  at  the  west  drive,  and 
Pilgrim  Fathers,  near  72d  St.  and  Fifth  Ave. 

The  Mall  is  Central  Park's  central  and  chief  promenade 
and  is  esteemed  by  many  the  most  imposing  avenue  in 


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this  country.  It  is  a  broad,  level  space  of  rather  high  ground, 
a  quarter  of  a  mile  long,  planted  with  parallel  rows  of  stately 
elms.  Between  the  rows  of  trees  broad,  straight  paths  of 
asphalt,  lined  with  seats,  run  to  where  the  prospect  is  beauti- 
fully closed  by  the  carved  balustrade  of  the  Terrace,  over 
which,  in  the  remote  distance,  rise  the  tower  and  flag  of  the 
Belvedere.  At  the  left  stretch  the  undulating  lawns  of  "The 
Green,"  dotted  here  and  there,  perhaps,  with  pasturing  sheep, 
watched  by  a  son  of  "Old  Shep" — a  dog,  now  dead,  whose 
fame  has  gone  far  and  wide.  Below  the  Green,  nearer  to  the 
Eighth  Ave.  entrance,  is  the  ball  ground  devoted  to  boys' 
amusements.  In  summer  concerts  are  given  at  the  north  end 
of  the  Mall  on  Saturday  and  Sunday  afternoons. 

Rustic  cabins  set  upon  lofty  points  of  rock,  narrow  gorges 
hung  with  blossoming  vines,  splashing  waterfalls,  a  gloomy  cave, 
thickets,  flowers,  birds,  woodland  sights  and  sounds — these 
are  the  features  of  The  Ramble.  A  sign  directs  the  rambler 
to  the  Carrousel — a  place  for  children's  games,  with  swings, 
merry-go-rounds,  and  other  contrivances.  Another  sign  directs 
him  to  the  Dairy  near  by,  where  milk,  bread  and  butter,  cheese, 
and  the  like  may  be  bought  for  a  luncheon.  The  Belvedere  is 
not  far  away,  along  shady  paths  and  over  bare  rocks,  and 
should  not  be  forgotten.  The  view  from  its  tower  is  worth  far 
more  than  the  small  exertion  of  climbing  to  the  outlook.  The 
reservoirs  seen  at  the  foot  of  the  tower  and  northward  are 
those  which  first  receive  the  Croton  water,  whence  it  is  distrib- 
uted to  the  city.  From  the  Belvedere  a  path  bordered  by 
thorn  trees,  which  completely  overarch  it,  leads  eastward  to 


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the  main  thoroughfare,  whence  it  is  only  a  short  distance  to 
the  Art  Museum  and  Obelisk  at  82d  St.  &  Fifth  Ave. 

Riverside  Park.  Riverside  Park,  or  Drive,  lies  along  the 
high  banks  of  the  Hudson,  between  7ist  &  Dyckman  Sts., 
and  is  reached  by  the  Subway,  Broadway  street  cars,  Sixth 
and  Ninth  A ves.,  elevated  railroad  (half  a  mile  walk),  and,  at 
its  upper  end,  by  trolley  along  i2$th  St.  to  Fort  Lee  Ferry  or 
subway  to  Dyckman  St.  Its  position  overlooking  the  broad 
river  gives  it  an  added  importance  and  an  individual  char- 
acter which  are  not  paralleled  in  any  of  the  famous  avenues  of 
the  world. 

Bordering  the  eastern  line  of  the  driveway  south  of  ygth 
St.,  elegant  homes  appear,  beginning  with  the  palace  of  Charles 
M.  Schwab.  After  passing  the  big  private  school  for  girls 
between  85th  &  86th  Sts.,  one  comes  to  a  handsome  row  of 
light-colored  residences.  The  late  General  E.  L.  Viele  lived 
on  the  corner  of  88th  St. 

Soldiers  and  Sailors  Monument.  One  of  the  notable 
monuments  of  Greater  New  York  is  the  Soldiers  and  Sailors 
Memorial  at  8Qth  St.  and  Riverside  Drive.  It  cost  $250,000. 

Near  goth  St.,  a  very  striking  house  with  a  red  tile  roof  and 
many  balconies  was  that  of  John  H.  Matthews,  who  made  a 


FIFTH 


CENTRAL 


PARK 


WEST 


1  Columbus 

2  Maine  Memorial 

3  Commerce 

4  Thorwalsden 

5  Gen.  Wm.  T.  Sherman 

6  Tom  Moore 

7  Arsenal 


Central  Park 

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8  Menagerie 

9  Dairy 

10  Columbus 

1 1  Shakespeare 

12  Walter  Scott 

13  Robert  Burns 

14  Fitz  Green  Halleck 


17 

18 

19 
20 

21 


The  Hunte 

Beethoven 

Casino 

Moose 

Pilgrim  Fa 

Tigress 

The  Eagle 


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solid  fortune  out  of  effervescent  soda;  and  the  8oth  St.  corner 
is  occupied  by  the  picturesque  ivy-grown  home  of  Mrs.  Mary 
S.  Parsons.  In  front  of  this  a  flight  of  stone  steps  descends  to 
the  river.  The  house  was  built  by  Cyrus  Clark,  "Father  of 
the  West  Side,"  on  the  site  of  the  pillared  country  seat  of 
Brockholst  Livingston. 

Outside  the  drive  stands  a  bronze  copy  of  Houdin's  statue  of 
Washington,  given  to  the  city  by  the  school  children.  Beyond 
this  comes  the  bridged  roadway  at  g6th  St.,  the  high  ground 
on  the  farther  side  being  crowned  by  the  old-fashioned  white 
mansion  of  the  Furness  estate,  marked  by  a  pillared  portico 
and  spacious  wings.  The  large  red-brick  and  stone  house 
and  the  grounds  of  Peter  Doelger  cover  half  the  block  at  looth 
St.  At  io2d  St.  another  spacious  house,  set  back  from  and 
above  the  street,  and  surrounded  by  a  garden,  is  noticeable 
from  the  fact  that  it  is  built  of  iron.  This  is  the  home  of  Mrs. 
Bertha  Foster,  widow  of  the  man  whose  patent  glove  hooks 
brought  him  a  fortune.  Maggie  Mitchell,  the  actress,  dwells 
in  her  own  houss  a  block  east,  at  the  corner  of  West  End  Ave. ; 
and  Richard  Mansfield  lived  at  No.  312,  just  beyond  io4th 
St.  At  io8th  St.  the  huge  square-towered  house  of  S.  G.  Bayne, 
and  the  ivy-grown  residence  of  his  neighbor,  H.  S.  F.  Davis, 

AVENUE 


Central  Park 

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22  The  Falconer 

23  Daniel  Webster 

24  Mazzini 

25  Seventh  Regiment 

26  Belvedere 

27  Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art 

28  Obelisk 


29  Alexander  Hamilton 

30  Bolivar 

3 1  Conservatory 

32  Museum  of  Natural  History 

33  Boat  House 

34  Bathesda  Fountain 

35  McGowan's  Pass 


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are  conspicuous.  This  is  the  highest  and  most  sightly  part 
of  the  drive.  Park  carriages  ply  between  72d  St.  and  Grant's 
Tomb.  Fare,  25  cents. 

Claremont  Restaurant  is  one  of  the  historic  landmarks  of 
the  city.  It  stands  on  a  bluff  just  above  Grant's  Tomb,  com- 
manding an  unsurpassed  view  of  the  Hudson  and  the  Palisades. 

Over  the  adjacent  hills,  with  Washington  in  command,  was 
fought  the  ever-memorable  battle  of  Harlem.  The  restaurant 
was  modeled  after  Lord  Clive's  historic  Claremont  in  Surrey, 
England,  now  owned  by  King  George.  From  the  restaurant 
the  British  minister  viewed  the  trials  of  the  first  steamboat, 
Fulton's  "Clermont,"  in  1807.  Claremont  was  the  residence 
of  Joseph  Bonaparte,  whom  Napoleon  made  King  of  Spain, 
and  since  its  acquisition  by  the  city  its  lessee  (R.  A.  Gushee) 
has  entertained  untold  numbers  of  guests,  from  President 
McKinley  to  governors  and  other  officials  of  state  and  city. 

Grant's  Tomb.  Commanding  a  magnificent  prospect,  and 
surrounded  by  quiet  lawns,  which  keep  at  a  reverential 
distance  the 

"equipage  and  bravery  of  fashion," 

is  the  tomb  of  General  U.  S.  Grant.  General  Grant  died  on 
July  23,  1885.  His  own  preference,  as  well  as  that  of  his 
family,  led  to  his  interment  in  New  York,  ani  the  site  of 
the  present  monument  was  set  apart  by  the  city  both 
because  of  its  natural  beauty  and  because  here  a  memorial 
building  would  be  visible  from  many  distant  points  in  the 
city,  harbor,  and  river.  A  temporary  vault-like  tomb  was 
immediately  constructed  and  the  body  was  placed  therein 
August  8,  1885,  after  the 

"most  solemn  and  imposing  funeral  demonstration  ever  made  in  New 
York,  viewed  by  more  than  a  million  people." 

Here  the  body  of  the  great  general  remained  until  removed 
to  its  present  resting  place  in  1897.  The  following  descrip- 
tion of  this  magnificent  mausoleum  is  quoted  by  permission 
from  General  Horace  Porter's  account  in  The  Century  Maga- 
zine for  April,  1897: 

"Th3  lowsr  portion,  of  the  tomb  is  a  square  structure  of  the  Grecian - 
Doric  order,  measuring  90  ft.  on  a  side." 

"The  entrance  is  on  the  south  side,  and  is  protected  by  a  portico 
formed  of  double  lines  of  columns,  and  approached  by  steps  70  ft.  wide. 
The  square  portion  is  finished  with  a  cornice  and  a  parapet,  at  a  height 
from  grade  72  ft.,  and  above  this  is  a  circular  cupola  70  ft.  in  diameter, 
of  the  Ionic,  which  is  surrounded  with  a  pyramidal  top,  terminating  at 
a  height  of  150  ft.  above  grade,  or  280  ft.  above  mean  high  water  of 
the  Hudson  River.  The  interior  is  cruciform  in  plan,  76  ft.  at  the  greatest 
dimension;  the  four  corners  being  piers  of  masonry  connected  at.  the 
top  by  coffered  arches,  the  top  of  which  are  50  ft.  from  the  floor  level. 


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Grant's  Tomb 

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On  these  arches  rests 
an  open  circular  galleiy 
of  40  ft.  inner  diame- 
ter, culminating  in  a 
paneled  dome  105  ft. 
above  the  level  of  the 
floor.  The  surfaces 
between  the  planes  of 
the  faces  of  the  arches 
and  the  circular  dome 
form  pendentives 
which  are  decorated  in 
high-relief  sculpture, 
the  work  of  J.  Massey 
Rhind,  and  emblematic 
of  the  birth,  military 
and  civic  life  and  death 
of  General  Grant.  .  . 
The  approach  to  the 
crypt  is  by  stairways 
which  give  access  to  a 
passage  encircling  the 
space  dedicated  to  the 

sarcophagi,    which   space   is   surrounded    by   square  columns  supporting 

paneled  marble  ceilings  and  entablature." 

The  stone  is  granite  from  North  Jay,  Me.  Only  large, 
flawless  blocks  were  used,  and  everywhere  the  best  possible 
material  and  workmanship  were  exacted.  Five  years  passed 
between  the  laying  of  the  corner  stone  by  President  Harrison 
and  the  dedication  of  the  building.  The  total  cost  of  approxi- 
mately $600,000  was  contributed  by  about  90,000  donors,  none 
in  a  sum  larger  than  $5000,  and  almost  entirely  by  citizens  of 
New  York.  The  construction  was  in  the  hands  of  a  monu- 
ment association,  the  most  influential  member  of  which  was 
General  Horace  Porter.  Their  sole  reward  was  the  universal 
public  interest  and  magnificent  pageantry  that  united  to  make 
the  dedication  of  this  memorial,  April  27,  1897,  one  of  the  most 
notable  public  occasions  in  the  history  of  the  metropolis  and 
of  the  country. 

The  body  of  General  Grant  rests  in  a  sarcophagus  hewn 
from  a  single  flawless  block  of  red  porphyry,  closed  by  a 
massive  lid  of  the  same  lustrous  material.  A  duplicate  beside 
it  contains  the  body  of  Mrs.  Grant.  The  stone  for  the 
sarcophagi  was  quarried  at  Monteiro,  Wis. 

On  the  north  side  of  the  tomb  there  is  a  gingko  tree  sent 
by  Li  Hung  Chang.  A  bronze  tablet  records  in  Chinese  and 
in  English: 

"This  tree  is  planted  at  the  side  of  the  tomb  of  Gen.  U.  S.  Grant, 
ex-President  of  the  United  States  of  America,  for  the  purpose  of  com- 
memorating his  greatness,  by  Li  Hung  Chang,  Guardian  of  the  Prince, 
Grand  Secretary  of  State,  Earl  of  the  First  Order  Yang  Hu,  Envoy  Ex- 


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traordinary  and  Minister  Pleni- 
potentiary of  China,  Vice-Presi- 
dent of  the  Board  of  Censors, 
Kwang  Hsu,  23d  year,  4th  moon, 
May  1897." 

The  Grave  of  an  Ami- 
able Child.  In  the  space 
between  Grant's  tomb  and 
Claremont  there  is  a  small 
inclosure  protecting  a  fu- 
neral urn  placed  over  "the 
grave  of  an  amiable  child," 
which  has  stood  there  for 
about  a  century.  A  mer- 
chant who  owned  the 
ground  at  that  time,  having 
met  with  financial  reverses 
which  made  it  necessary  to 
sell  the  property,  wrote 
under  date  of  January  18, 
1800: 

"There  is  small  enclosure 
near  your  boundary  fence  within 
which  lies  the  remains  of  a  favor- 
ite child,  covered  by  a  marble 
monument.  You  will  confer  a 
peculiar  and  interesting  favor 
upon  me  by  allowing  me  to 
convey  the  enclosure  to  you,  so 

that  you  will  consider  it  a  part  of  your  own  estate,  keeping  it,  however, 
always  enclosed  and  sacred.      There  is  a  white  marble  funeral    urn  pre- 
pared to  place  on  the  monument  which  will  not  lessen  its  beauty." 
The  inscription  reads: 

"Erected  to  the  memory  of  an  amiable  child,  St.  Clair  Pollock,  died 
15  July,  1797,  in  the  5  year  of  his  age.  Man  that  is  born  of  woman  is 
of  few  years,  and  full  of  trouble.  He  cometh  forth  like  a  flower  and 
is  cut  down;  he  fleeth  also  as  a  shadow  and  continueth  not." 

Morningside  Park  extends  from  Central  Park  at  xooth 
St.  to  I23d  St.  It  occupies  high,  rocky  ground,  and  the 
battlemented  wall  and  heavy  staircase  along  its  eastern  side, 
overlooking  the  Harlem  flats,  are  conspicuous  from  the  trains 
of  the  Sixth  Ave.  Elevated  Railway.  At  its  northern  end 
are  the  remains  of  Fort  Laight,  one  of  the  line  of  block- 
houses built  to  defend  the  northern  approaches  to  the  city 
in  the  War  of  1812. 

Mount  Morris  Park  occupies  about  20  acres  and  inter- 
rupts Fifth  Ave.  between  i2Oth  and  I24th  Sts.  Its  rocky  hill 
is  more  than  100  ft,  high  and  is  crowned  by  an  observatory. 

Van  Cortlandt  Park.  A  new  park  of  1069  acres  at  the 
northern  terminus  of  the  Broadway  line  of  the  Interboro 


Washington    Irving 

Bryant  Park 
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Subway,  Van  Cortlandt  is  as  yet  in  nearly  its  original  condi- 
tion of  rocky  woodland,  lake,  and  stream.  It  contains  a  large 
parade  ground  for  the  National  Guard.  There  are  also 
liberal  facilities  for  golf,  tennis,  pony  polo  and  skating.  In 
this  park  is  the  Van  Cortlandt  Mansion,  built  in  1748.  Van 
Cortlandt  Station,  on  the  Putnam  Division,  New  York  Central 
&  Hudson  River  R.  R.,  stands  upon  its  margin,  on  the  lake  and 
public  golf  links. 

Bronx  Park  lies  along  both  sides  of  the  Bronx  River 
above  West  Farms.  It  is  reached  by  the  elevated  railroad  to 
Bronx  Park  Station,  by  the  subway  to  iSoth  St.  Station:  or 
by  the  New  York  Central  &  Hudson  River  R.  R.  to  Fordham  or 
Botanical  Garden  Stations.  It  is  connected  with  Van  Cortlandt 
Park  by  the  Mosholu  Parkway,  and  with  Pelham  Park,  4 
miles  east,  by  another  parkway  along  the  coast  of  Long 
Island  Sound. 

The  Botanical  Gardens,  which  are  resulting  from  the 
efforts  of  a  society  in  cooperation  with  the  city  government, 
are  in  this  part  of  the  park.  Some  300  acres  have  been  set 
apart  for  this  purpose.  This  tract 
contains  stretches  of  beautiful  scenery. 
The  Bronx  River  runs  through  the 
entire  length  of  the  garden,  and  the 
views  through  Hemlock  Forest  are 
well  worth  seeing. 

The  Zoological  Garden,  under  the 
care  of  the  New  York  Zoological 
Society,  in  cooperation  with  the  state 
and  city,  adjoins  the  Botanical  Gardens, 
and  occupies  a  grant  of  266  acres.  The 
garden  contains  a  display  of  animals, 
domiciled  as  nearly  as  possible  in  their 
native  environment,  special  attention 
being  given  to  American  animals.  No- 
where else  in  the  world  are  wild  animals 
exhibited  with  such  lavish  provision  of 
space,  shade,  natural  rocks,  pastures 
and  water.  Both  institutions  add  to 
their  high  educational  value  by  main- 
taining libraries  and  lecture  courses. 
The  public  is  admitted  free  on  five  days 
of  each  week.  Mondays  and  Thurs- 
days an  admission  charge  of  25  cents  is  Th 
made.  To  those  who  wish  to  enjoy  a  N  Ce"tral  Parl! . 

1    1-    -i,  r    1     j         ,  .  .          ..  i  Near  Museum  of  Art 

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and  at  the  same  time  see  the  most  comfortable  wild  animals 
that  can  be  found  anywhere  in  captivity,  this  garden  will 
prove  irresistably  attractive. 

Pelham  Bay  Park.  This  is  one  the  largest  parks  of  the 
city.  It  contains  1756  acres  of  unimproved  country,  with  7 
miles  of  water  front  on  Long  Island  Sound.  Public  golf  links 
have  been  made  by  the  city.  The  park  is  reached  at  the 
Bartow  station  of  the  Harlem  branch  of  the  N.  Y.,  N.  H.  & 
H.  R.  R. 

Southern  Boulevard  starts  from  the  north  end  of  the 
Third  Ave.  Bridge  and,  turning  east,  follows  the  line  of  the 
Westchester  shore  of  Long  Island  Sound;  then,  curving  around, 
returns  westward  and  joins  Central  Ave.  at  Jerome  Park.  It 
is  wide,  well  kept,  and  at  its  southern  end  commands  some 
fine  views  of  the  Sound.  It  has  electric  cars. 

Central  Avenue  begins  at  the  north  end  of  the  Central 
Bridge,  formerly  called  McComb's  Dam  Bridge.  It  is  reached 
by  Seventh  Ave.  at  i55th  St.  It  is  a  wide  boulevard  and  the 
roadbed  is  kept  in  excellent  condition.  This  is  the  fashionable 
drive  of  the  city  outside  of  Central  Park,  and  every  afternoon, 
especially  on  Sunday,  it  is  crowded  with  splendid  horses. 

St.  Nicholas  Avenue.  This  fine  road,  formerly  Harlem 
Lane,  rims  northwest  from  Central  Park  alongside  the  grounds 
of  the  Convent  of  the  Sacred  Heart  and  thence  to  Fort  Wash- 
ington, where  it  joins  the  Kingsbridge  Road.  The  Kingsbridge 
Road  may  be  followed  to  Kingsbridge  across  the  Harlem, 
after  which  it  runs  into  Broadway  and  extends  to  Yonkers. 
All  these  are  good  motoring  roads. 

The  Speedway.  This  is  a  public  "speeding  course"  along 
the  west  bank  of  the  upper  Harlem  River,  provided  by  the 
city  as  a  place  where  owners  of  fast  horses  may  test  their  paces. 
Its  length  is  about  3  miles  and  its  total  width  from  125  to  150 
ft.,  diminished  by  the  sidewalks  to  95  ft.,  the  width  of  the 
actual  roadway.  The  building  of  walks  was  bitterly  opposed 
by  the  horsemen,  whose  selfishness  has  been  conspicuous  in  the 
whole  history  of  this  peculiar  feature  of  the  city's  public  grounds. 
The  construction  of  the  road  is  as  follows:  Overlying  a  Tel- 
ford  bed  are  4  inches  of  broken  trap  rock,  graded  to  give 
the  road  a  dip  of  2  inches  in  the  side  channeling.  On  this  are 
4  inches  of  cinders,  rolled  and  packed  to  the  same  grade. 
The  top  dressing  is  a  mixture  of  sand,  loam,  and  clay,  the 
latter  in  the  proportion  of  about  2  to  i.  The  grade  is  as 
nearly  level  as  it  was  possible  to  make  it.  From  High  Bridge 
to  a  little  beyond  Washington  Bridge  there  are  a  few  slight 
inclines  and  declines,  but  beyond  Washington  Bridge  the  road 


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Jurnel  Mansion 

160th  Street  and  Edgecombe  Ave. 
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is  a  practically  straight,  level  stretch  of  ?  miles.  The  Speedway 
can  be  reached  from  the  15  5th  St.  viaduct  and  from  High 
Bridge.  When  thronged  with  fine  horses,  in  gallant  rigs,  it 
is  one  of  the  sights  of  the  metropolis  to  one  interested  in  the 
trotter  and  the  pacer,  America's  special  products.  Horses  of 
both  classes  are  to  be  seen  here  in  their  highest  degrees  of 
development. 

LIBRARIES  AND  ART   GALLERIES 

The  New  York  Public  Library.  The  Astor,  Lenox,  and 
Tilden  Foundations,  a  title  that  perpetuates  the  names  of 
the  public-spirited  citizens  to  whose  gifts  of  money,  books, 
manuscripts,  and  objects  of  art  the  people  are  indebted  for 
this  institution,  extends  on  the  west  side  of  Fifth  Ave.  from 
4oth  St.  to  42d  St.  Cost,  exclusive  of  ground,  $9,000,000.  Of 
the  50  branch  libraries  situated  in  the  boroughs  of  Manhattan, 
the  Bronx,  and  Richmond,  32  were  erected  by  Andrew  Carnegie 
on  sites  provided  by  the  municipality.  These  branches  are  all 
circulating  libraries  and  admission  to  them  is  free. 

In  the  Fifth  Ave.  Building  there  are  more  than  800,000  vol- 
umes, while  the  pamphlets  exceed  300,000.  The  main  stack  has 


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a  capacity  for  2,500,000  books,  which  with  that  of  the  other 
rooms  brings  the  total  book  capacity  of  the  building  to 
3,000,000  volumes.  There  are  more  than  810,000  books  in  the 
circulation  branches. 

In  the  number  of  rare  editions  and  prints  the  wealth  of 
manuscripts,  illuminated  works  on  vellum,  and  the  quaint  and 
costly  bindings  it  contains  the  beautiful  central  library  is  a  ver- 
itable treasure-house.  The  paper  of  the  centuries-old  volumes 
is  seemingly  as  strong  and  the  ink  as  black  as  if  the  books  had 
come  from  the  hands  of  pressman  and  binder  but  yesterday. 
These,  many  of  them  literally  priceless,  are  exhibited  in  glass 
cases.  Sculptures,  paintings,  ceramics,  all  appropriate  and 
bearing  an  intimate  relation  to  the  library,  well  repay  the 
visitor's  attention.  In  this  building  is  also  a  room  devoted 
to  the  blind,  many  of  whom  come  unaccompanied;  5000  vol- 
umes, with  one  work  in  Esperanto,  and  more  than  3000  pieces 
of  music,  to  say  nothing  of  magazines  representing  the  modern 
languages,  constitute  this  library  for  the  blind. 

There  are  not  less  than  600  examples  of  early  printed  vol- 
umes, and  of  these  15  are  known  as  block  books,  representing 
the  slow  and  laborious  method  of  carving  the  individual  fixed 
letters  which  antedated  the  use  of  movable  type.  In  some 
exceptional  instances  manuscript  and  printing  are  combined. 
There  is  a  Gutenberg  Bible  in  fine  condition,  and  10  specimens 


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from  the  press  of  Caxton,  the  father  of  printing  in  England. 
Here,  too,  may  be  seen  the  Bag  Psalm  Book,  the  first  book 
produced  in  the  English  colonies.  The  Spaniards  are  credited 
with  40  volumes  printed  in  Mexico  and  South  America  prior 
to  1600. 

The  manuscripts  are,  perhaps,  not  less  interesting.  The 
student  has  at  hand  original  sources  of  information,  especially 
upon  English  and  Continental  politics  in  the  lyth  and  i8th 
centuries.  If  you  would  feast  your  eyes  upon  the  autographs 
and  photographs  of  the  great  and  distinguished,  a  banquet 
awaits  you.  Here  in  this  department,  as  in  all  others  that  are 
in  any  sense  historical,  the  library  is  rich  in  Americana. 

In  many  of  the  branch  libraries  on  certain  evenings,  except 
in  summer,  illustrated  lectures  are  given  on  the  arts  and  sciences, 
and  on  history,  the  subjects  ranging  all  the  way  from  music  to 
metallurgy.  The  basements,  commodious  and  well  ventilated 
apartments,  are  used  for  this  purpose. 

The  library  is  open  from  9  a.m.  to  10  p.m.  daily  except  on 
Sundays,  when  it  opens  at  i  p.m.  The  branch  libraries,  except 
those  in  the  distinctively  Hebrew  neighborhoods  of  the  East 
Side,  close  on  Sundays.  The  Carnegie  branches  are  open  even 
on  legal  holidays,  and  the  hours  generally  are  from  9  a.m.  to 
9  p.m. 

The  Circulating  Department  includes  28  branches  for  the 
free  circulation  of  books,  besides  a  department  of  traveling 
libraries,  having  altogether  on  its  shelves  about  half  a  million 
volumes  which  circulate  at  the  rate  of  about  four  million-  a 
year. 

DIRECTORY  OF  PRINCIPAL  ROOMS 

FLOOR       ROOM  FLOOR      ROOM 

American  History. .       3  300  Maps 3  304 

Architecture 3  313  Music 3  324 

Art 3  313  Newspapers Basement       84 

Books  for  the  Blind.       I  116  Oriental  Literature.  2  -219 

Catalogue    Room  Patents I  121 

(public) 3  315  Periodicals  (current)  I  in 

Children's  Room  .  .Basement  78  Photographing 3  326 

Circulating  Library. Basement  80  Picture  Galleries 3  316-322 

Current  Periodicals.       I  1 1 1  Prints 3  308 

Economics 2  228  Public  Documents..  2  229 

Exhibition  Room .  .        I  113  Science 2  225 

Genealogy 3  328  Slavonic  Literature.  2  216 

Jewish  Literature ..       2  217  Sociology 2  228 

Lecture  Room 2  213  Stuart  Collection. ..  3  316 

Library  School  ....  Basement  75  Technology I  115 

Manuscripts 3  303  Telephones Basement       70 

The  Cooper  Union  or  Institute  is  at  the  head  of  the  Bowery, 
where  Fourth  Ave.  branches  off  to  the  left,  and  Third  Ave.  to 


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the  right.  It  was  erected  by  the  late  Peter  Cooper  in  1857  at 
a  cost  of  $630,000  and  endowed  with  $300,000  for  the  support 
of  the  free  reading  room  and  library.  The  purpose  is  philan- 
thropic and  embraces  day  and  evening  schools  of  various 
kinds.  Besides  those  which  have  an  academic  course,  there 
are  schools  of  art  for  men  and  women,  a  free  school  of  telegra- 
phy and  type-writing  for  women  and  other  special  departments. 
As  the  thousands  of  pupils  who  attend  these  classes  are  almost 
entirely  people  who  must  work,  all  of  the  instruction  tends  to 
the  practical.  Free  lectures  are  given  on  Wednesday  and 
Saturday  evenings  in  winter. 

The  Library  and  Reading  Room  occupies  an  immense  room 
on  the  third  floor,  the  walls  of  which  are  lined  with  shelves  of 
books,  each  in  a  jacket  of  strong  paper.  Long  tables  are  supplied 
for  readers  of  the  books  and  magazines  which  are  given  out 
from  a  desk  on  deposit  of  the  metal  check  which  every  one 
must  accept  on  entering  the  room  and  must  return  when 
leaving.  The  library  contains  about  20,000  volumes,  princi- 
pally books  of  a  practical  and  instructive  nature.  It  is  noted 
as  the  possessor  of  a  complete  set  of  both  the  old  and  the  new 
series  of  Patent  Office  reports,  which  are  consulted  yearly  by 
almost  2000  persons.  All  volumes  have  been  carefully 
indexed,  making  them  invaluable  for  reference.  The  library 
is  open  in  the  evening  and  then  is  crowded  by  a  class  of  readers 
who  during  the  day  have  no  time  to  spend  in  gathering  informa- 
tion or  in  taking  intellectual  amusement.  More  interesting  to 
the  stranger,  however,  will  be  the  sight  of  the  long  tables  and 
racks  filled  with  newspapers  and  periodicals,  which  are  pored 
over  by  crowds  of  men  and  boys,  generally  poorly  dressed,  often 
dirty,  but  all  orderly,  quiet,  and  eager  to  read.  This  is  one  of 
the  sights  of  the  city,  and  the  visitor  will  easily  accept  the  state- 
ment that  450  newspapers  and  periodicals  are  taken  here. 

General  Mechanics'  and  Tradesmen's  Library,  18  W.  i6th 
St.  This  library  has  nearly  1 00,000  volumes,  which  were  formerly 
circulated  among  the  public,  but  are  now  used  by  members  only. 

The  Mercantile  Library  occupies  rooms  at  Lafayette  PI. 
&  8th  St.,  and  owns  more  than  200,000  volumes  of  general 
interest,  new  books  being  added  as  fast  as  issued.  The 
fee  is  $5  annually,  or  $3  for  six  months.  The  public  is  admitted 
to  only  the  outer  office,  which  contains  nothing  to  interest  the 
sightseer. 

Art  Galleries.  The  principal  gathering  place  of  art  in  the 
metropolis  is  The  American  Fine  Arts  Society,  W.  57th  St.,  be- 
tween Seventh  Ave.  &  Broadway.  In  its  building  are  located 
the  National  Society  of  Mural  Painters,  The  New  York  Chapter 
of  the  American  Institute  of  Architects,  The  Society  of 


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American  Artists,  The 
National  Sculpture  Society, 
The  American  Fine  Arts 
Society,  The  Fine  Arts 
Federation  of  New  York, 
The  New  York  Water  Color 
Club,  The  New  York  Aca- 
demy of  Design,  The  Socie- 
ty of  Beaux  Arts  Architects, 
and  the  Art  Students' 
League. 

The  Academy  holds  an 
exhibition  of  new  paintings 
in  the  early  spring  of  each 
year,  and  several  prizes, 
ranging  from  $100  to  $300, 
are  distributed.  During  the 
first  two  days  of  the  exhibi- 
tions, which  are  known  as 
"Varnishing  Day"  and 
"Private  View  or  Buyers' 
Day,"  admission  can  be  ob- 
tained only  by  cards  of  in- 
vitation from  the  secretary, 
and  these  are  eagerly  sought. 
During  the  succeeding  weeks  the  gallery  is  open  to  the  public 
from  9  a.  m.  to  10  p.  m.  upon  payment  of  an  admission  fee  of 
25  cents.  There  is  also  an  exhibition  in  the  fall,  when  work 
less  ambitious,  but  often  none  the  less  interesting,  is  shown  to 
the  public. 

The  Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art.  The  Metropolitan 
Museum  of  Art  is  on  the  eastern  side  of  Central  Park, 
opposite  the  entrance  at  8ist  St.  It  is  reached  directly 
by  the  Fifth  Ave.  stages.  The  Fourth  (or  Madison)  Ave. 
cars  pass  within  one  block,  and  the  park  carriages  go  to  the 
door.  The  Museum  is  open  daily:  Saturday  10  a.  m.  to  10 
p.  m. ;  Sunday  i  p.  m.  to  6  p.  m.;  other  days,  including 
legal  holidays,  10  a.  m.  to  5  p.  m.  in  winter;  10  a.  m.  to  6  p.  m. 
in  summer.  On  Mondays  and  Fridays  only,  an  admission  fee 
of  25  cents  is  charged  to  all  but  members  and  students. 

Umbrellas  and  canes  must  be  checked  and  left  at  the  desk. 
A  series  of  hand-books,  costing  10  to  20  cents  each,  may  be 
bought,  covering  a  number  of  the  separate  exhibits.  The 
catalogue  of  paintings  is  especially  full  and  valuable. 


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Photo  copies  of  all  objects  belonging  to  the  museum  made 
by  the  museum  photographer  are  on  sale,  as  well  as  photo- 
graphs by  leading  photographers. 

Copying  and  photographing  are  permitted  with  only  slight 
restrictions. 

The  services  of  an  expert  guide  may  be  secured  at  a  charge 
of  25  cents  per  person,  with  a  minimum  charge  of  one  dollar 
per  hour. 

This  museum  stands  unique  in  the  world  in  its  Cyprian  an- 
tiquities; is  second  to  the  British  Museum  in  its  Babylonian 
cylinders;  leads  all  American  collections  in  paintings  and 
statues,  and  has  acquired  an  incomparable  series  of  mummy 
cases. 

The  museum  collections  include  the  fine  arts,  painting, 
sculpture,  and  architecture,  as  well  as  what  are  usually  called 
decorative  or  industrial  arts.  Ancient  art  includes  Egyptian, 
Babylonian,  Assyrian,  Phoenician,  Cypriote,  Etruscan,  Greek, 
and  Roman  antiquities.  In  painting  the  attempt  is  made  to 
illustrate  the  history  of  the  art  in  antiquity,  and  from  the 
Middle  Ages  to  the  present  time,  with  especial  attention  to  the 


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work  of  American  artists.  The  decorative  arts  include  wood- 
work, metal-work,  ceramics,  and  textiles.  The  collections 
represent  the  East  and  the  Near  East  (China,  Japan,  Persia, 
and  Asia  Minor),  Europe,  and  America.  Special  attention  is 
given  to  American  art. 

In  Egyptian  Art :  Stone  vases  of  the  earliest  periods 
(First  Egyptian  Room);  Wall-relief  from  Tomb  of  Raemka, 
V  Dyn.,  ca.  2600  B.  C.  (Second  Egyptian  Room);  Red-granite 
column  from  pyramid-temple  of  Sahure,  V  Dyn.,  ca.  2700 
B.  C.  (Third  Egyptian  Room);  Coffin,  jewelry,  and  other 
objects  from  tomb  of  Senbtes,  found  by  Metropolitan*  Museum 
Expedition  in  excavations  at  Lisht  in  1907,  XII  Dyn.,  ca. 
200  B.  C.  (Fourth  Egyptian  Room);  Painted  reliefs  and  other 
material  found  by  the  Metropolitan  Museum  Expedition  at 
Lisht  in  the  excavation  of  the  pyramid-temples  of  Kings 
Amenenhat  I  and  Sesostris  I,  ca.  2000  B.  C.  (Fifth  Egyptian 
Room);  Temple-reliefs  from  Abydos  of  Kings  Ramses  I  and 
Seti  I,  i4th  century  B.  C.  (Sixth  Egyptian  Room);  Painted 
capital  (first-half  of  4th  century  B.C.)  from  the  excavation  of  the 
Temple  of  Hibis,  Kharga  Oasis,  by  the  Metropolitan  Museum 
Expedition  1909-10  (Eighth  Egyptian  Room);  Painted  portrait 
panels  and  mummy  with  a  panel  in  position,  of  the  Roman 
period  in  Egypt  (Ninth  Egyptian  Room);  Sculptured  friezes, 
moldings,  and  capitals  from  Monastery  of  St.  Jeremias,  Sakkara, 
illustrating  the  Early  Christian  art  of  Egypt  (Ninth  Egyptian 
Room) . 

In  Classical  Art :  Etruscan  bronze  chariot,  5th  century 
B.C.,  and  the  ancient  bronzes  (Floor  i :  D.  12) ;  Roman  bronze 
statue  of  Emperor  Trebonianus  Gallus  (i:  D  i);  Wall-paint- 
ings from  Boscoreale  (i:  D  10);  Cesnola  Collection  of  antiq- 
uities from  Cyprus  (i :  B  41-42);  Original  Greek  and  Roman 
marbles  (i:  D  n);  Greek  vases  (i:  B  40  A,  406);  Greek, 
Roman,  and  Etruscan  terracottas  (i:  D  8);  Gold  ornaments, 
gems  (n:  C  32). 

In  Oriental  Art :  Collection  of  Chinese  Porcelains  lent  by 
Mr.  J.  P.  Morgan  (n:  D  6);  Heber  R.  Bishop  Collection  of 
Jades,  etc.  (n:  D  4);  Japanese  Arms  and  Armor  (n:  D  8); 
E.  C.  Moore  Collection  of  Original  Art  (n :  E  12);  Joseph  Lee 
Williams  Memorial  Collection  of  Rugs  (n :  E  13,  14).  (Loan.) 

In  Western  Art :  Sculpture  (including  the  Hoentschel  Col- 
lection) lent  by  Mr.  J.  P.  Morgan  (i:  F  1-4);  Renaissance 
Sculpture  (i:  F  5-7);  the  Marquand  Gallery,  containing 
selected  paintings  of  importance  (n:  A  n);  Dino  and  Ellis 
Collections  of  Arms  and  Armor  (n  :  D  i,  3) ;  Mrs.  S.  P.  Avery 
Collection  of  Spoons  (n:  C  32);  Moses  Lazarus  Collection  of 


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Fans(ii:E  8);  Col- 
lection of  Laces  (i  i . 
E  8,  9);  European 
Textile  Fabrics  (i  i : 
E  10 ) ;  European 
ceramics,  including 
the  Le  Breton  Col- 
lection of  French 
Faience  (i  and  n: 
F);  Crosby-Brown 
Collection  of  Musi- 
cal Instruments 
(u:  C  35-30); 
Woodwork  and 
Furniture,  including 
the  Hoentschel 
Collection  of  i8th 
century  French  dec- 
orative arts  (i  and 

1 1 :  F) ;  Collection  of  Ormolu  (i  i :  E  18) ;  Collection  of  Germanic 

and  Merovingian  antiquities  (i:  F  1-2). 

EDUCATIONAL 

The  College  of  the  City  of  New  York,  open  free  to  all  young 
men  residing  in  this  city,  and  prepared  at  the  city  schools, 
occupies  a  series  of  large,  turreted  buildings  at  i4oth  St.  and 
Amsterdam  Ave.,  which  contain  a  cabinet  of  natural  history, 
a  library  of  25,000  volumes  and  much  laboratory  apparatus. 

The  Normal  College,  for  young  women,  is  a  free  institu- 
tion maintained  by  the  city,  corresponding  with  the  last  men- 
tioned college  and  intended  especially  for  training  girls  to 
serve  as  teachers.  It  has  an  immense  monastic-looking  build- 
ing in  6gth  St.  between  Fourth  and  Lexington  Aves.,  which  cost 
$500,000. 

St.  Francis  Xavier's,  the  leading  Roman  Catholic  college, 
is  in  W.  1 6th  St.  near  Sixth  Ave.  Its  building  is  one  of  the 
architectural  ornaments  of  the  city.  It  is  a  day  college  in 
charge  of  the  Jesuit  Fathers  and  numbers  about  450  students. 
It  has  a  reference  library  of  20,000  volumes,  and  a  small  cir- 
culating library. 

St.  John's  College,  at  Fordham  on  the  Harlem  R.  R.,  is  an 
able  institution  in  charge  of  the  same  pedagogical  order  as 
St.  Francis  Xavier's. 

Manhattan  College  is  a  third  strong  Roman  Catholic 
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Academy  of  the  Sacred  Heart,  one  of  the  oldest  and  best 
known  Catholic  schools  for  girls,  is  in  Manhattanville. 

Mt.  St.  Vincent  Convent  School  is  at  Riverdale,  on  the 
Hudson  River. 

University  of  the  City  of  New  York.  This  institution  is 
stronger  than  its  comparatively  narrow  reputation  would  lead 
an  outsider  to  suppose. 

The  various  undergraduate  schools  and  departments  of 
arts  and  sciences  which  form  the  nucleus  of  the  institu- 
tion are  quartered  on  the  east  bank  of  the  Harlem  River,  near 
Kings  Bridge.  These  include  a  Hall  of  Fame,  500  ft.  long, 
built  about  the  Library,  which  contains  150  panels  in  which 
ultimately  will  be  fixed  bronze  tablets  commemorating  famous 
Americans.  The  library  was  the  gift  of  Mrs.  F.  J.  Shepard 
(formerly  Miss  Helen  Miller  Gould). 

The  Union  Theological  Seminary,  now  in  academic  relation 
to  the  University,  occupies  a  building  at  Broadway  and 
1 20th  St.  This  widely  known  school  is  the  principal  place 
of  training  for  ministers  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  but  its 


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students  may  come  from  any  evangelical  denomination  so 
long  as  they  can  show  a  certificate  of  good  church  standing. 

The  Faculty  of  Medicine.  Foot  of  E.  26th  St.  and  contig- 
uous to  Bellevue  Hospital.  These  buildings,  whose  two 
amphitheaters  together  will  seat  1000  pupils,  are  modern, 
and  admirably  adapted  to  their  purposes.  Attached  is  the 
Loomis  Laboratory,  the  cost  of  which  ($100,000)  was  de- 
frayed by  a  friend  on  condition  that  his  name  be  kept  secret, 
and  the  laboratory  be  directed  by  Dr.  Alfred  Loomis  and 
named  after  him.  Much  of  the  instruction  is  given  in  the 
wards  and  lecture  rooms  of  Bellevue,  and  the  work  is  con- 
sequently of  a  very  practical  character. 

The  American  Museum  of  Natural  History.  Central  Park 
West  and  77th  St.  Admittance  free  except  on  Monday 
and  Tuesday,  when  a  fee  of  25  cents  is  required.  Open  on 
Sunday  afternoons  and  on  Tuesday  and  Saturday  evenings. 
Descriptive  pamphlet?  are  for  sale  at  the  door. 

The 'museum  occupies  a  building  along  the  whole  front  of 
the  north  side  of  77th  St.  with  a  T  piece  running  northward. 
It  contains  articles  and  models  illustrating  the  life  of  the 
Eskimos  of  North  America,  the  Shoshone  Indians,  the  Gros 
Ventres ;  basketry  and  archaeological  remains  of  New  York ;  a  fine 
collection  of  totem  poles  of  the  Ilaida  Indians;  masks  and 
dishes  from  British  Columbia;  carvings  from  Vancouver  Island, 
and  basketry  and  utensils  of  the  Chilcoten  and  Yakima  Indians ; 
the  Jesup  collection  of  woods;  the  Hyde  Collection  from  the 
ancient  pueblos,  cliff-houses  and  burial-caves  of  the  Southwest; 
groups  of  animals,  masterpieces  of  the  taxidermist's  art,  con- 
spicuous among  which  are  the  cases  of  moose,  bison,  and 
musk-ox,  undoubtedly  the  finest  in  the  world.  Of  particulrr 
excellence,  too,  are  the  bird-rock  group  and  the  water-ousel 
group. 

Here  also  are  minerals,  including  the  Tiffany  exhibit  at 
the  Paris  exhibition  in  1889,  purchased  and  presented  by 
J.  Pierpont  Morgan;  collections  of  meteorites  and  geological 
specimens,  including  the  collection  of  the  late  Prof.  J.  Hall, 
priceless  to  paleontologists;  specimens  of  vertebrate  paleon- 
tology; Cretaceous  fish ;  an  ichthyosaurus  with  young,  showing 
it  to  have  been  viviparous,  and  hundreds  of  other  priceless 
examples  of  bygone  ages.  The  collection  of  reproductions  and 
casts  of  the  ancient  monoliths  and  bas-reliefs  of  Central  America, 
presented  by  the  Duke  of  Loubat,  is  shown  here,  as  well  as  rare 
specimens  illustrating  the  pre-Columbian  life  of  that  portion 
of  the  continent.  One  floor  is  given  up  to  anthropology,  con- 
chology,  paleontology,  entomology,  and  mammalogy,  and  on 


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Chamber  and  Center  Streets 

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this  floor  is  the  library  containing  55,000  volumes  on  natural 
history  subjects,  accessible  to  members  and  students,  and  the 
laboratory  for  photography.  In  addition  to  its  use  as  a  museum 
the  building  is  a  center  of  scientific  life.  The  lecture  hall  has  a 
seating  accommodation  of  1500  and  is  a  separate  building 
at  the  extreme  north  of  the  museum.  The  lectures  on  Tues- 
days and  Saturdays  are  free. 

Columbia  University.  Columbia  University  is  the  foremost 
institution  of  higher  learning  in  New  York,  and  one  of  the 
loremost  in  the  United  States.  The  grounds  at  Morningside 
Heights  cover  nearly  18  acres  between  Broadway  and 
Amsterdam  A  ve.,  from  11 6th  St.  to  120th  St.,  formerly  occupied 
by  the  Bloomingdale  Insane  Asylum,  and  cost  $2,000,000.  The 
Library  was  erected  at  the  cost  of  about  $1,000,000  by  Seth 
Low,  President  of  the  University  1890-1902,  as  a  memorial 
to  his  father,  the  late  A.  A.  Low  of  this  city.  Four  laboratory 
buildings  are  completed.  Schermerhorn  Hall,  next  east  of  Uni- 
versity Hall,  is  devoted  to  biological  sciences  and  contains, 


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besides  laboratories  and  lecture  rooms,  an  interesting  Museum 
of  Natural  History,  open  to  the  public.  Beside  it  are 
the  Physics  Bldg.,  Earl,  South  and  Fayerweather  Halls,  Have- 
meyer  Hall,  devoted  to  chemistry,  and  the  Engineering  Bldg., 
containing  the  machinery  needed  in  practical  instruction.  The 
outer  (Broadway)  front  of  the  latter  building  bears  a  spirited 
bronze  memorial  tablet,  modeled  by  James  E.  Kelly,  to 
Knowlton  and  the  battle  of  Harlem  Heights,  a  battle  fought 
in  this  vicinity  September  16,  1776. 

The  five  "colleges"  or  departments  of  the  University  now 
established  are:  i.  Arts.  2.  Science.  3.  Law.  4.  Political 
Science.  5.  Medicine.  The  College  of  Arts  embraces  the 
classical  and  literary  curriculum  usual  in  a  collegiate  course 
of  four  years.  The  Department  of  Science  embraces  all  that 
used  to  constitute  the  almost  separate  "School  of  Mines," 
famous  in  the  history  of  Columbia,  and  so  much  of  the 
other  courses  as  touch  its  province.  A 
four  years'  course  will  give  degrees  of 
Mining  Engineer,  Civil  Engineer, 
Metallurgical  Engineer,  and  Bachelor 
of  Philosophy.  The  Department  of 
Medicine  is  better  known  as  "The 
College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons." 
It  occupies  extensive  buildings  on  6oth 
St.  between  Ninth  and  Tenth  Aves., 
close  to  the  Roosevelt  Hospital,  in 
which  (and  in  other  hospitals)  much 
of  the  instruction  is  given.  The 
Uni  versity  now  has  some  I  ooo  faculty 
members  and  nearly  1 8,000  students. 

Barnard  Annex  is  the  women's 
department  at  Columbia,  with  cour- 
ses-parallel to  those  of  the  under- 
graduates in  the  School  of  Arts.  A 
fine  building  has  been  prepared  for  the 
school  at  Broadway  and  120th  St. 
Its  graduates  receive  diplomas  equiv- 
alent to  University  degrees. 

The  Teachers'  College  andHorace 
Mann  School  is  a  large  institution  on 
the  north  side  of  120th  St.,  for  in- 
struction with  special  reference  to 
teaching.  It  is  closely  affiliated  with 
Columbia  University. 

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Central  Park  West  (;;th  St.)  Founded  in  1804.  Monthly 
meetings  are  held  during  the  cool  months.  Besides  a  library 
of  70,000  volumes,  the  building  contains  the  interesting  Nine- 
veh marbles  presented  by  James  Lenox  and  the  Abbott  col- 
lection of  Egyptian  antiquities,  consisting  of  some  1200 
objects.  The  gallery  of  art  is  on  the  4th  floor,  and  except- 
ing the  Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art  comprises,  perhaps,  the 
largest  permanent  collection  in  America  of  valuable  sculp- 
tures, ancient  and  modern  paintings  by  renowned  masters, 
and  authentic  portraits  of  persons  distinguished  in  history. 
The  collections  include  800  pictures  and  59  pieces  of 
sculpture,  and  are  increasing  rapidly. 

COLLEGES,  ACADEMIES  AND  PRIVATE  SCHOOLS 

Academy  of  Sacred  Heart — 533  Madison  Ave.  (Girls). 

Art  Students  League  of  N.  ¥.—215  W.  s;th  St. 

Barnard  College  (Women) — Broadway  and  ngth  St.   Literary, 

Science,  and  general  2  years'  course. 
Barnard  School — 721  St.  Nicholas  Ave.  (Boys). 
Barnard  School — 421  Convent  Ave.  (Girls). 
Barnard  School  for  Household  Arts— 226  W.  7gth  St.  (Girls). 
Baron  de  Hirsch  Trade  School— 222  E.  64th  St.  (Co-ed). 
Berkeley — 270  W.  72d  St.  (Boys). 

Berlitz  School  of  Languages — 1122  Broadway,  343  Lenox  Ave. 
Bible  Teachers  Training  School — 541  Lexington  Ave.  (Co-ed). 
Blake  School— 2  W.  45th  St.  (Boys). 
Carpenter  School — 310  West  End  Ave.  (Boys). 
Clason  Point  Military  Academy — Clason  Point  (Boys). 
Classical  School  for  Girls — 2042  Fifth  Ave. 
College  City  of  New  York— St.   Nicholas  Ave.   &   139^1  St. 

(Boys). 

College  of  Dental  and  Oral  Surgery— 216  W.  42d  St.  (Co-ed). 
College  of  Mt.  St.  Vincent— 26ist  St.  (Girls). 
College  of  Pharmacy  City  of  N.  ¥.—115  W.  68th  St.  (Co-ed). 
College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons — 437  W.  $gth  St.  (Males). 
College  of  St.  Francis  Xavier— 30  W.  i6th  St.  (Boys). 
Collegiate  School— 241  W.  77th  St.  (Boys). 
Columbia  Grammar  School — 5  W.  Q3d  St.  (Boys). 
Columbia  Religious  and  Industrial  School  for  Jewish  Girls — 3 1 6 

E.  Fifth  Ave. 
Columbia   University — n6th    St.    and    Morningside    Heights 

(Co-ed). 

Cooper  Union — 8th  St.  and  Fourth  Ave.  (Co-ed). 
Cornell  University  Medical  College — 477  First  Ave. (Co-ed). 
Cutler  School— 20  E.  soth  St.  (Boys). 


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Hall  of  Fame 
New  York  University 

'    Sedgewick  Ave.  and  East  181st  Street,  Bronx 
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Delancey  School— 301  W.  g8th  St.  (Girls). 
De  La  Salle  Institute— 108  W.  sgth  St.  (Boys). 
Downtown  Talmud  Torah — 394  E.  Houston  St.  (Co-ed). 
Dr.  Scudder's  Col.  School— 59  W.  96th  St.  (Girls). 
Dwight  School— 15  W.  43d  St.  (Boys). 
Eclectic  Medical  College— 239  E.  i4th  St.  (Co-ed). 
Ethical  Culture  School— Central  Park  West  and  63d  St.  (Co-ed). 
Finch  School— 61  E.  yyth  St.  (Girls). 

Fordham  University — i9oth  St.  &  Third  Ave.  (Boys).    Courses 
leading  to  degrees  of  B.  A.  and  B.  S. ;  also  Law  and  Medical. 
Friends  Seminary— 226  E.  i6th  St.  (Co-ed). 
Gaffey's  Shorthand  School — 123  W.  12  5th  St. 
General  P.  E.  Theological  Seminary— Chelsea  Sq.  (Boys). 
Groff  School— 228  W.  72d  St.  (Boys). 
Hamilton  Institute  for  Girls — 3  W.  8ist  St. 
Hamilton  Institute — 599  West  End  Ave.  (Boys). 
Hawthorne  School — 250  W.  72d  St.  (Girls). 
Hebrew  Technical  School— Second  Ave.  &  isth  St.  (Girls). 
Hebrew  Technical  Institute — 36  Stuyvesant  St.  (Boys). 
Holy  Cross  Academy — 343  W.  42d  St.  (Girls). 
Horace  Mann  Schools — 525  W.  i2oth  St.  (Co-ed). 
Irving  School — 35  W.  84th  St.  (Boys). 
Jewish  Theological  Seminary  of  America — 531  W.  i23d  St. 
Loyola  School— 65  E.  83d  St.  (Boys). 


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Manhattan  College — i3ist  St.  &  Broadway  (Boys) .  Christian 

Bros. 

Miss  Spence's  School— 30  W.  55th  St.  (Girls). 
Mrs.  Scoville's  School — 2042  Fifth  Ave.  (Girls). 
National  Academy  of  Design — Amsterdam  Ave.  &  logth  St. 
N.  Y.  Academy  of  Sciences — American    Museum    of    Natural 

History— yyth  St.  &  Central  Park  West. 
N.  Y.  College  of  Dentistry— 205-207  E.  23d  St.  (Boys). 
N.  Y.  College  of  Music— 128  E.  58th  St. 
N.  Y.  Collegiate  Institute — 241  Lenox  Ave.  (Girls). 
N.  Y.  Electrical  Trade  School— 39  W.  ijth  St.  (Boys). 
N.  Y.  Froebel  Normal  Institute— 59  W.  96th  St.  (Girls). 
N.  Y.  German  Conservatory  of  Music — 306  Madison  Ave. 
N.  Y.  Homeopathy  Medical  College— 63d  St.  &  Ave.  A  (Boys). 
N.  Y.  Institute  for  the  Instruction  of  the  Deaf  and  Dumb — 

W.  1 63d  St.  &  Ft.  Washington  Ave. 
N.  Y.  Law  School— 174  Fulton  St.  (Boys). 
N.  Y.  Medical  College  and  Hospital  for  Women — 1 7  W.  loist  St. 
N.  Y.  Nautical  College— 318  W.  57th  St. 

N.  Y.  Polyclinic  Medical  School  and  Hospital — 345  W.  5oth  St. 
N.  Y.  Post-Graduate  Medical  School  and  Hospital — 303  E.  2oth 

St.  (Co-ed). 

N.  Y.  School  of  Applied  Design  for  Women — 160  Lexington  Ave. 
N.  Y.  School  of  Fine  and  Applied  Arts — 2237  Broadway. 
N.  Y.  School  of  Journalism — Columbia  University  (Co-ed). 
N.  Y.  School  of  Philanthropy— 105  E.  22d  St. 
N.  Y.  Trade  School— First  Ave.  &  67th  St.  (Boys). 
New  York  University — 

College  of  Arts  and  Pure  Sciences — University  Heights. 

School  of  Applied  Science — Washington  Sq. 

Graduate  School — Washington  Sq. 

Pedagogy — Washington  Sq. 

Commerce  Accounts  and  Finance — Washington  Sq. 

Collegiate  Division — Washington  Sq. 

Summer  School — Washington  Sq. 

Women's  Law  Class — Washington  Sq. 

Law — 32  Waverly  PI. 

Medicine— First  Ave.  &  26th  St. 

Veterinary  School — 114  W.  54th  St. 
Normal  College— Park  Ave.  &  68th  St.  (Girls). 
Packard  Commercial  School — Lexington  Ave.  &  35th  St. 
Rabbi  Isaac  Elchanan  Theological  Seminary — 156  Henry  St. 

(Boys). 

Rabbi  Jacob  Joseph  School — 197  Henry  St.  (Boys). 
Riverdale  Country  School— W.  253d  St.  (Boys). 


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Riverside  School— 869  West  End  Ave.  (Co-ed). 

Sachs  Collegiate  Institute— 38  W.  5gth  St.  (Boys). 

Scudder  School— 59^  W.  g6th  St.  (Girls). 

Semple  School — 241  Central  Park  West  (Girls). 

St.  Agatha  School— 557  West  End  Ave.  (Girls). 

St.  Ann's  Academy — 153  E.  76th  St.  (Boys). 

St.  John's  Baptist  School— 231  E.  i7th  St.  (Girls). 

Syms  School — 49  E.  6ist  St.  (Boys). 

Teacher-  College— 525  W.  i2oth  St. 

Teachers  Inst.  of  the  Jewish  Theological  Seminary — 134  E. 

i  nth  St.  (Co-ed). 

Trinity  School— 147  W.  9ist  St.  (Boys). 

Union  Theological  Seminary — Broadway  &  i2oth  St.  (Co-ed). 
University  and  Bellevue  Medical  College-First  Ave.  &  26th  St.  (Boys). 
Uptown  Talmud  Torah— 132  E.  inth  St.  (Co-ed). 
Veltin  School  for  Girls— 160-162  W.  74th  St. 
Xavier  High  School— 39  W.  isth  St. 
Y.  M.  C.  A.— 318  W.  57th  St. 
Y.  M.  H.  A.— Lexington  Ave.  &  92d  St. 
Zellman  Conservatory  of  Music — 349  Lenox  Ave. 

CLUBS  AND  SOCIETIES 

Advertising  Men's  League,  47  E.  25th  St. 
A'dine,  200  Fifth  Ave. — Business  men. 
Arion,  Park  Ave.  and  59th  St. 


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Cathedral  of  St.  John  the  Divine 

Amsterdam  Ave.  and  tilth  Street 

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Army  and  Navy,  107  W.  436  St. — Military  men. 

Authors',  Carnegie  Hall — Literary  men. 

Automobile,  54th  St.  W.  of  Broadway. 

Bar  Association,  42  W.  44th  St. 

Barnard,  Seventh  Ave.  and  56th  St. 

Calumet,  267  Fifth  Ave. — An  offshoot  from  the  Union  Club. 

Catholic,  120  W.  Central  Park  South. — Roman  Catholic. 

Century,  7  W.  43d  St. 

Church,  53  E.  56th  St. — Episcopalian. 

City,  53  W.  44th  St. — Improvement  of  Municipal  Government. 

Colony,  Madison  Ave.  and  3oth  St. 

Columbia  University,  18  Gramercy  Park. 

Cornell  University,  65  Park  Ave. 

Deutscher  Verein  (German  Club),  112  Central  Park  South. 

Democratic,  617  Fifth  Ave. — Tammany  Politicians. 

Down-Town  Association,  60  Pine  St. — Business  men. 

Down-Town  Merchants  Club,  279  Grand  St. 

Down-Town  Tammany  Club,  59  Madison  St. 

Elks,  no  W.  23dSt. 

Engineers,  32  W.  4oth  St. — Civil  engineers,  architects,  etc. 

Freundschaft,  72d  St.  and  Park  Ave. 

Friars,  107  W.  45th  St. 

German,  120  Central  Park  South. 

Grolier,  29  E.  32d  St. 

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W.  iiath  St.;  Chi  Phi,  2  Wall  St.;  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon, 
608  W.  iiath  St.;  Delta  Psi  (St.  Anthony),  29  E.  28th  St.; 
Psi  Upsilon,  627  W-  usth  St.;  Phi  Gamma  Delta,  604  W. 
1 1 4th  St.;  Zeta  Psi,  22  Andrews  Ave. 

Harmonie,  10  E.  6oth  St. — The  leading  Hebrew  social  club. 

Harvard,  2  7  W.  44th  St. — Alumni  of  Harvard  University. 

Knickerbocker,  Fifth  Ave.  and  626.  St.,  S.  E.  corner. 

Lambs' ,  1 28  W.  44th  St.-Actors  and  men  interested  in  the  stage. 

Lawyers,  115  Broadway — A  luncheon  club  for  lawyers  and 
business  men. 

Lotos,  no  W.  57th  St. — Mainly  writers,  actors,  artists  and 
professional  men. 

Machinery  Club,  50  Church  St. 

Manhattan,  Madison  Ave.  and  26th  St. — Political  and  social 
club  representing  the  Democratic  party. 

Masonic,  46  W.  24th  St. 

Merchants,  106  Leonard  St. — Social  and  commercial. 

Metropolitan,  Fifth  Ave.  and  6oth  St. — Commonly  known  as  the 
Millionaires'  Club. 

National  Arts,  14  Gramercy  Park. 

New  York  Athletic,  58  W.  59th  St.  and  New  Rochelle. 

New  York,  20  W.  4oth  St. — An  exclusive  social  club. 

New  York  Yacht,  3  7  W.  44th  St. — Leading  American  yacnt  club ; 
custodian  for  the"  American  Cup"  for  international  races. 

Ohio  Society,  Rooms,  Waldorf-Astoria  Hotel — Natives  or 
former  residents  of  Ohio  and  their  sons. 

Players,  16  Gramercy  Park — An  exclusive  club  of  actors  of 
highest  rank,  managers,  and  professional  men.  Its  house 
was  the  gift  of  the  late  Edwin  Booth,  and  its  library  is  a 
priceless  collection  of  dramatic  lore,  including  the  playbills 
gathered  by  Augustin  Daly,  the  libraries  of  Edwin  Booth, 
Lawrence  Barrett,  and  other  interesting  material. 

Princeton,  121  E.  2ist  St. 

Progress,  Central  Park  W.  and  88th  St.— A  social  club  of 
Hebrews. 

Racquet  and  Tennis,  27  W.  43d  St. — Men  interested  in  ath- 
letic sports. 

Railroad,  30  Church  St. 

Reform,  9  S.  William  St. — A  social  club  of  men  interested  in  low 
tariff  measures. 

Republican,  54  W.  4oth  St. — A  large  social  club  active  in 
Republican  politics. 

Riding,  7  E.  $8th  St. — The  most  fashionable  riding  and 
driving  club. 

St.  Nicholas,  7  W.  44th  St. — Composed  exclusively  of  men  whose 
ancestors  resided  in  New  York  prior  to  1785. 


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Salmagundi,  14  W.  i2th  St. — Artists  exclusively. 

Transportation,  Madison  Ave.  and  426.  St. 

Twelfth  Night,  23  W.  44th  St. — Ladies  of  the  dramatic  pro- 
fession. 

Union,  Fifth  Ave.  and  5ist  St. — The  first  American  club  formed 
upon  English  models.  The  club  has  consisted  from  the  very 
first  of  the  "  social  magnates  of  New  York." 

University,  Fifth  Ave.  and  54th  St. 

University  of  Pennsylvania,  165  Broadway. 

Union  League,  Fifth  Ave.  and  39th  St. — One  of  the  foremost 
clubs;  distinctively  a  Republican  organization. 

West  Side  Tennis. 

Women's  University,  99  Madison  Ave. 

Yale,  30  W.  44th  St. 

CITY  GOVERNMENT   BUILDINGS 

City  Hall.  The  city  government  has  its  central  point  of 
administration  in  the  City  Hall,  where  are  the  offices  of  the  Mayor, 
President  of  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  City  Clerk,  and  other 
officials,  and  the  meeting-rooms  cf  the  Council  and  Board  of 
Aldermen.  In  the  Governor's  room  may  be  seen  the  chair  used 
by  Washington  at*  his  inauguration  as  President,  and  the  desk 


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on  which  he  wrote  his  first  mes- 
sage to  Congress.  The  Mayor's 
Office,  on  the  ground  floor,  con- 
tains one  of  the  most  valuable  of 
the  city's  works  of  art — the  large 
full-length  portrait  of  Lafayette 
painted  by  Professor  S.  F.  B. 
Morse  (afterwards  inventor  of 
the  telegraph)  during  Lafayette's 
famous  visit  to  the  United  States 
in  1825.  Portraits  of  Mayors 
Paulding  and  Allen,  by  Morse, 
are  also  in  this  room,  together 
with  those  of  Fernando  Wood, 
Philip  Home,  Kingsland,  and 
other  mayors,  by  Vanderlyn, 
Elliott,  Inman,  and  other  pain* 
ers.  The  picture  of  Washington 
and  his  horse,  in  the  City  Clerk's 
room,  is  unsigned,  but  is  be- 
lieved to  be  a  poor  specimen  of 
Major  John  Trumbull's  work. 
The  fine  circular  stairway  in  the 
rotunda  is  overlooked  by  the 
painted  plaster  original  of  David 
d' Anger's  statue  of  Thomas  Jefferson,  presented  in  1834  by 
Commodore  Uriah  P.  Levy,  U.  S.  N.  The  bronze  replica  of 
this  statue  is  in  the  National  Capitol.  Immediately  opposite 
the  head  of  the  stairway  is  the  entrance  to  the  Governor's 
Room,  a  stately  apartment  stretching  along  the  front  of  the 
building,  the  scene  of  the  most  noted  social  incidents  in  the 
early  history  of  the  municipality.  The  old-fashioned  furniture, 
including  relics  from  a  dignified  past,  have  preserved  in  this 
room  the  spirit  of  Colonial  days.  The  walls  are  hung  with 
full-length  portraits  of  governors  of  the  state  and  of  national 
heroes,  many  of  which  are  fine  examples  of  American  art. 
The  equestrian  portrait  of  Washington  here  is  by  John  Trumbull, 
after  a  small  original  (now  in  Baltimore),  and  was  made  in  accor- 
dance with  a  resolution  passed  by  the  Common  Council  in  1790, 
"that  the  President  of  the  United  States  be  requested  to  permit  Mr. 
Trumbull  to  take  his  portrait  to  be  placed  in  the  City  Hall,  as  a  monument 
of  the  respect  which  the  inhabitants  of  the  city  bear  towards  him." 

Trumbull  assures  us  in  his  Autobiography  that 
"every  part  of  the  detail  of  the  dress,  horse,  furniture,  etc.,  as  well  as  the 
scenery,  was  accurately  copied  from  the  real  objects." 

The  full-length  portrait  of  Governor  George  Clinton,  as  he 


Nathan  Hale 

City  Hall  Park 

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Municipal   Building 

Park  Row  and  Center  Street 

Facing  City  Hall 

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appeared  at 
Fort  Mont- 
gomery, is  also 
by  Trumbull. 
It  was  painted 
in  1791,  and 
has  been  pro- 
nounced by 
critics  the  best 
example  ex- 
tant of  Trum- 
bull's  method. 
The  same 
painter  did  the 
portrait  of  Al- 
exander Ham- 
ilton (1804), 
the  splendid 
picture  o: 
G  o  vernor 
Morgan  Lewis 
in  his  uniform 
as  a  major- 
general  in  the 
War  of  1812, 
probably  that 
of  John  Jay, 
and  some 
others.  Be- 
sides Trum- 
bull, among 
the  old  paint- 
ers represent- 
ed in  this 
room,  or  else- 
where in  the 
city's  art  col- 
lection (scat- 
tered through 
the  municipal 
offices),  are 
John  Vander- 
lyn,  Thomas 
Sully,  Henry 
Peters  Gray, 


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George  Catlin  (the  Indian  painter),  William  Page,  C.  W. 
Jarvis,  Thomas  Hicks,  and  Henry  Inman.  Of  more 
recent  artists  the  best  known  is  Daniel  Huntington,  a  good 
example  of  whose  work  is  the  portrait  of  Governor  Morgan. 
An  interesting  canvas  here,  old  and  carefully  painted,  but  of 
unknown  history,  is  the  head  of  Peter  Stuyvesant.  Two  other 
ancient  and  noted  pictures  belonging  to  the  city  are  hung  in 
the  office  of  the  Water  Registrar,  in  the  Tract  Society's  Bldg. 
These  are  a  portrait  of  Hendrik  Hudson,  of  unrecorded  history, 
and  one  claimed  to  be  that  of  Christopher  Columbus,  a  copy  of 
a  picture  painted  in  1459,  when  Columbus  was  23  years  of  age. 
Historic  objects  in  the  Governor's  Room  include  a  bust  of 
DeWitt  Clinton,  battle  flags  of  the  Civil  War,  and  furniture 
brought  from  the  original  State  House  in  Wall  St. 

The  Criminal  Courts  are  on  Center  St.,  connected  with 
The  Tombs  by  an  elevated  and  inclosed  passageway  spanning 
Franklin  St.,  usually  spoken  of  as  the  "  Bridge  of  Sighs."  Their 
interest  to  the  visitor  is  confined  to  the  mural  paintings  by 
Edward  Simmons  in  the  room  of  the  Supreme  Court,  in  the 
northeast  corner  on  the  first  floor.  The  central  painting  repre- 
sents "America  Offering  Justice  to  the  World."  It  is  said  that 
the  countenances  are  those  of  the  artist's  wife  and  children. 
On  the  right  are  the  "Three  Fates"— Clotho  (youth),  on  the 
right,  spins  the  thread  of  life  from  her  distaff;  Lachesis  (middle 
age)  twists  and  measures  it  in  her  hands;  and  aged  Atropos 
cuts  it  off  at  death's  appointed  time.  The  panel  on  the  left  is 
devoted  to  three  male  figures,  "Brotherhood  Uniting  Science 
to  Freedom."  The  murals  were  made  in  1895  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  Municipal  Art  Commission,  which  now  controls  all 
matters  relating  to  the  embellishment  of  public  buildings  and 
the  acceptance  by  the  city  of  statues. 

The  Tombs.  "The  Tombs"  is  a  nickname  for  the  city 
prison,  suggested  long  ago  by  the  gloomy  architecture  which 
made  it  for  many  years  one  of  the  landmarks  of  the  city.  In 
1898  it  was  rebuilt  in  a  greatly  enlarged  form,  and  nothing  now 
remains  of  the  picturesque  exterior  which  was  perhaps  the  best 
example  of  Egyptian  style  in  the  country.  The  Tombs  occupies 
the  entire  block  bounded  by  Center  St.  on  the  east,  Elm  St.  on 
the  west,  Leonard  St.  on  the  south,  and  Franklin  St.  on  the 
north,  but  its  really  grand  proportions  are  dwarfed  by  its 
situation  in  a  hollow.  The  prison  now  covers  the  site  of  the 
pre-Revolutionary  gibbet,  planted  on  a  small  island,  and  there- 
fore stands  upon  ground  long  dedicated  to  the  hangman's  use. 
Internally  the  prison  is  rather  a  series  of  buildings  than  a  single 
structure.  The  cells  rise  in  tiers  one  above  the  other,  with  a 


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separate  corridor  for  each  row.  Besides  those  awaiting  trial  in 
the  Special  Sessions  and  Magistrates'  Courts,  persons  accused 
or  convicted  of  the  more  heinous  crimes  are  kept  in  The  Tombs 
until  they  have  been  tried  before  the  higher  courts,  or  until 
they  depart  for  the  State  Prison. 

Hall  of  Records.  Corner  of  Chambers  and  Center  Sts.  A 
$9,000,000  building  for  the  care  of  the  deeds  of  all  the  real 
estate  on  Manhattan  Island.  Its  vaults  are  absolutely  fireproof. 
The  32  monoliths  each  cost  $20,000.  The  statues  about  the 
exterior,  by  Bush,  Brown,  MacMonnies,  and  Philip  Martiny, 
are  of  men  prominent  in  the  history  of  New  York  City,  and 
figures  representing  "Navigation,"  "History,"  "Commerce," 
"Industry,"  "Heritage,"  "Poetry,"  "Law,"  "Preservation," 
and  similar  subjects.  The  groups  representing  the  recording  of 
the  purchase  of  Manhattan  in  1626  and  the  consolidation  of 
Greater  New  York,  1898,  are  by  Albert  Weinert. 

The  Appellate  Court  House.  The  Court  House  of  the 
Appellate  Division  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  city  of  New 
York  is  located  on  the  east  side  of  Madison  Ave.  at  25th  St. 
This  three-story  building  was  completed  in  1900  at  a  cost,  in- 
cluding furnishings,  of  approximately  $750,000.  It  is  consid- 
ered one  of  the  most  beautiful  buildings  in  the  city.  The 

balustrade  is  surmount- 
ed by  statues  of  the 
great  law  givers  of  his- 
tory and  the  Madison 
Ave.  cornice  is  sup- 
ported by  caryatides 
representing  the  four 
seasons.  The  interior  is 
finished  in  Siena  mar- 
ble, the  frieze  spaces 
filled  with  paintings  and 
the  ceiling  modeled  in 
gold.  The  furniture  is 
of  dark  oak,  richly 
carved.  The  stained 
glass  dome  and  win- 
dows are  inscribed  with 
names  of  eminent 
American  jurists. 

Municipal  Building. 
Near    the    Manhattan 

The  Tombs  end  Qf  Brooklyn  Bridge, 

Center  and  Leonard  btreets  ,       .          ~.  ^  ° 

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Criminal  Courts  and  Bridge  of    Sighs 

Center  and  Franklin  Streets 

Page  103 

Hall  of  Records.  The  cost  of  the  building,  exclusive  of  land, 
was  about  $12,000,000.  The  purpose  was  to  provide 
offices  for  several  city  departments,  thereby  saving  an 
annual  rent  of  $600,000.  In  addition  to  the  offices  there 
are  700,000  sq.  ft.  of  floor  space  available  for  rent  to 
private  concerns,  which  should  yield  an  annual  income  of 
about  $  i ,  500,000.  The  building  is  unique  in  that  all  its  windows 
are  outside.  The  basement  contains  a  spacious  station  in  which 
the  subway  systems  of  Brooklyn  and  Manhattan  converge.  The 
height,  including  the  figure  surmounting  the  structure,  is  584  ft. 
above  grade;  the  foundation,  about  135  ft.  below  grade. 
Extreme  dimensions  of  site  are  450  by  300  ft.  Each  of  the  bas- 
reliefs  impaneled  between  the  windows  on  the  second  floor 
represents  some  department  of  municipal  government,  such  as 
"Elections,"  "  Water  Supply,"  "Licenses,"  "Education," 
"Public  Charity."  In  the  smaller  arches  of  the  colonnade  are 
bas-reliefs  representing  "  Civic  Duty  "  and  "  Civic  Pride.''  The 
two  figures  over  the  main  arch  represent  "Executive  Guidance 
and  Power."  In  the  medallions  above  the  smaller  arches  the 
subjects  represented  are  "Progress"  and  "Prudence."  The 
female  figure  crowning  the  tower  and  representing  "  Civic  Fame" 
is  28  ft.  high. 


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FINANCIAL  AND   COMMERCIAL 

Chamber  of  Commerce.  65  Liberty  St.  Admission  only 
by  card  of  member.  The  statues  adorning  the  front  are  of 
Alexander  Hamilton,  DeWitt  Clinton,  and  John  Jay.  The 
statuary  over  the  entrance  is  symbolical  of  commerce.  Housed 
here  are  many  portraits  of  New  York  merchants,  a  painting 
of  Washington  by  Stuart,  and  curious  relics  of  bygone  days. 
The  Chamber  of  Commerce  was  organized  in  Fraunces'  Tavern 
in  1768  and  incorporated  in  1770,  and  is  the  oldest  commercial 
organization  in  the  United  States. 

The  Custom  House  occupies  an  entire  block  at  the  foot  of 
Broadway,  facing  Bowling  Green,  an  historic  site  where  Fort 
Amsterdam  was  erected  in  1626.  Government  House  was  built 
in  1790  for  President  Washington.  Here  George  Clinton  and 
John  Jay  lived.  The  building  was  used  as  a  custom  house  from 
1733  to  1875.  Including  the  ground,  it  cost  more  than 
$7,000,000.  Its  seven  floors  contain  an  area  of  300,000 
sq.  ft. 

The  cartouche  high  above  the  entrance,  emblematic  of 
America,  is  by  Carl  Ritter.  The  groups  on  pedestals  on  either 
side  of  the  main  entrance  represent  America,  Europe,  Africa, 
and  Asia,  and  are  the  work  of  Daniel  C.  French. 

The  "Commercial  Nations"  ranged  along  the  cornice,  as 
viewed  from  left  to  right,  represent  Greece,  by  F.  E.  Elwell; 
Rome,  by  F.  E.  Elwell;  Phoenicia,  by  F.  M.  Ruckstuhl;  Genoa, 
by  Augustus  Lukeman;  Venice,  by  F.  M.  L.  Tonetti;  Spain,  by 
F.  M.  L.  Tonetti;  Holland,  by  Louis  St.  Gaudens;  Portugal, 
by  Louis  St.  Gaudens;  Denmark,  by  Johannes  Gelert;  Ger- 
many, by  Albert  Jaegers ;  France,  by  Charles  Graby ;  England, 
by  Charles  Graby. 

The  New  York  Stock  Exchange.  The  New  York  Stock 
Exchange,  housing  the  oldest  organization  of  brokers,  is  at  10 
Broad  St.,  extending  through  to  New  St.  Cost  of  building, 
$3,000,000.  The  front  is  a  splendid  example  of  Greek  archi- 
tecture; each  of  the  Corinthian  columns  is  52  ft.  high.  The 
association,  which  has  a  membership  of  noo,  was  organized  in 
1792.  No  one  not  a  member  is  allowed  upon  the  floor,  and 
when  it  is  remembered  that  $95,000  has  been  paid  for  that  priv- 
ilege, the  restriction  is  not  to  be  wondered  at.  The  hours  are 
from  10  a.m.  to  3  p.m.,  and  members  are  forbidden  to  make 
any  transactions  except  during  that  time.  The  dealings  are 
wholly  in  stocks,  bonds,  and  other  securities  which  have  been 
recognized  or  "listed"  by  the  Exchange.  The  names  of  the 


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most  important  of 
these  are  posted 
upon  iron  standards 
scattered  about  the 
floor,  around  which 
the  selling  and  buy- 
ing of  these  particu- 
lar securities  go  on. 

The  Curb  Mar- 
ket. The  Curb 
Market  transacts 
its  business  in 
Broad  St.,  in  front 
of  No.  44,  between 
the  hours  of  10 
a.m.,  and  3  p.m., 
except  Sundays  and 
holidays,  when  no 
transactions  are 
made,  and  on 
Saturdays  when  the 
hours  are  from  10 
a.m.,  to  12  noon. 

Chamber  of  Commerce  It  is  the  market  for 

Liberty  West  of  Nassau  Street  SUC'h     SCCUritieS      aS 

Page  107  cannot    be   or   for 

various  reasons  are 

not  listed  on  the  Stock  Exchange.  Among  the  more  prominent 
of  these  is  Standard  Oil.  The  brokers  have  their  offices  in 
adjoining  buildings  within  view  of  the  market. 

The  Consolidated  Petroleum  and  Stock  Exchange.  At  the 
corner  of  Broad  and  Beaver  Sts.  The  organization  grew  out  of 
a  consolidation  of  various  boards  dealing  in  oil,  mining,  and 
general  securities,  and  began  operations  in  1875.  It  now  does 
nearly  as  much  business  as  the  older  board,  and  the  scene  from 
its  gallery  (the  entrance  to  which  is  on  Beaver  St.)  is  often 
more  animated. 

The  New  Bank  Clearing  House.  The  New  Bank  Clearing 
House  Bldg.  in  Cedar  St.,  a  few  doors  east  of  Broadway,  is  of 
marble,  carved  in  all  the  profusion  characteristic  of  the  Italian 
Renaissance,  its  window  spaces  set  off  by  Corinthian  pillars, 
and  surmounted  by  an  entablature  bearing  carvings  of  the  arms 
of  the  city  and  other  designs.  This  is  in  many  respects  the  most 
beautiful  building  in  New  York.  The  rooms  of  the  Clearing 


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House  Association,  composed  now  of  66  banks,  are  on  the  upper 
floor  beneath  the  skylighted  dome.  The  ground  floor  is  occupied 
by  the  Chase  National  Bank,  whose  offices  are  finished  in  mar- 
bles, gilded  stucco,  and  artistic  .metal  work.  The  great  steel 
safe  in  the  basement  is  made  to  hold  210  tons  of  gold,  or  about 
$105,000,000  in  coin. 

Produce  Exchange.  Bowling  Green.  Organized  in  1861. 
The  Exchange  Bldg.  is  307  ft.  by  150  ft.;  tower,  240  ft.  high; 
trading  room,  220  by  144  ft.;  cost  of  building,  $3,000,000. 
Here  is  carried  on  the  largest  trading  in  provisions  and  grain 
conducted  by  any  exchange  in  the  world. 

Cotton  Exchange.  Broad  near  Williams  St.;  here  all 
the  dealings  in  cotton  in  the  United  States  concentrate. 

PROMINENT  CHURCHES 

Note:  Directories  of  places  of  worship  are  displayed  in 
all  principal  hotels.  Therefore  these  pages  make  mention 
of  only  the  more  distinguished. 

The  Dutch  Re- 
formed Church  is  the 
oldest  Protestant 
organization  in  New 
York  and  in  the 
Western  Hemisphere. 
The  finest  building 
occupied  by  this  de- 
nomination is  the 
Third  Collegiate,  at 
Fifth  Ave.&  48th  St. 

Hamilton  Ave. 
Church,  at  W.  i4sth 
St.  &  Convent  Ave., 
stands  upon  what 
was  once  the  home 
estate  of  Alexander 
Hamilton. 

Trinity  Church: 

Broadway,  facing 
Wall  St.  The  land 
on  which  Trinity 
Church  now  stands  John  Jay 

WaS    the     Old    West  Chamber  of  Commerce 

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farm,  before  the 
conquest  of  Man- 
hattan Island  by  the 
English.  It  then 
became  "The  King's 
Farm,"  and  in  1705 
was  granted  to  this, 
the  Colonial  Church. 
These  lands  em- 
braced the  entire 
tract  lying  along  the 
North  River,  between 
the  present  Vesey  & 
Christopher  Sts. 
Much  of  it  was  sub- 
sequently given  away 
to  institutions  of 
various  sorts,  but 
enough  remains  to 
constitute  a  property 
yielding  about 
$500,000  income  an- 
nually and  worth  an 
enormous  amount  at 
the  market  prices  of 
real  estate  in  that  part  of  the  city.  This  income  is  spent  in 
maintaining  old  Trinity  and  six  chapels,  in  aiding  many 
subsidiary  missions  in  various  squalid  parts  of  the  city; 
supporting  a  long  list  of  charities,  and  in  caring  for  Trinity 
Cemetery,  in  Manhattanville.  The  present  edifice  was  com- 
pleted in  1846.  The  bronze  doors,  which  cost  $30,000,  are  a 
memorial  to  j.  J.  Astor;  the  altars  and  reredos  were  erected  at 
a  cost  of  $100,000  to  the  memory  of  W.  B.  Astor. 

In  Trinity  Churchyard  are  buried  many  well-known 
persons,  among  them  Alexander  Hamilton,  Robert  Fulton, 
Captain  James  Lawrence,  Albert  Gallatin,  and  General 
Phil.  Kearney.  Of  the  monuments  the  most  conspicuous 
is  "The  Martyrs,"  in  the  northeast  corner  near  the  street. 
This  was  erected  by  the  Trinity  corporation  in  memory 
of  the  American  patriots  who  died  in  British  prisons  in  this 
city  during  the  Revolutionary  War.  Another  prominent 
monument,  at  the  left  of  the  entrance,  is  the  one  to  the  mem- 
ory of  Captain  Lawrence,  of  the  man-of-war  "Chesapeake," 
whose  dying  cry,  "Don't  give  up  the  ship,"  is  carved  upon  its 
pictured  sides. 


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Cathedral  of  St.  John  the  Divine :  Morningside  Heights, 
In  course  of  construction.  Corner  stone  was  laid  in  1892. 
Belmont  Chapel  is  completed.  It  is  estimated  that  it  will  cost 
$6,000,000  to  build  the  cathedral  and  take  from  forty  to  fifty 
years  to  complete  it. 

As  planned  the  exterior  length  of  the  cathedral  is  to  be 
520  ft.;  front  width,  172  ft.;  across  transepts,  290  ft.  There 
are  to  be  seven  towers ;  the  central  tower,  from  floor  to  top  of 
cross,  455  ft.;  the  two  front  towers,  284  ft.  in  height;  the  four 
on  the  sides,  158  ft. 

There  are  to  be  seven  chapels  in  which  Sabbath  services 
will  be  held  in  seven  different  languages.  A  feature  of  the 
choir  will  be  eight  pillars  of  granite,  each  54.6  ft.  high,  18.6  ft. 
in  circumference,  and  weighing  120  tons.  When  in  position 
they  will  have  cost  $120,000. 

The  Crypt,  quarried  out  of  the  solid  rock,  is  completed  and 
is  used  for  Sunday  services.  Open  to  visitors  Tuesdays,  Thurs- 
days and  Saturdays  from  4  to  6  p.m.  In  the  Crypt  are  the 
Tiffany  Chapel  (exhibited  at  the  World's  Fair  in  Chicago)  and 
eight  Barberini  tapestries  made  in  Rome  at  the  factories  estab- 
lished by  Cardinal  Barberini  in 
1633- 

St.  Paul's  Church :  Broadway 
between  Fulton  &  Vesey  Sts.  It 
is  the  rear  which  is  seen  upon 
Broadway,  the  Church  origin- 
ally facing  the  North  River  and 
commanding  a  fine  view  of  the 
stream.  This  edifice  was  built 
in  1 764-6,  and  although  the  third 
in  the  order  of  its  foundation  is 
now  the  oldest  church  building 
in  the  city.  Its  architecture  is 
impressive,  and  its  interior  a 
chaste  and  carefully  preserved 
example  of  the  ecclesiastical 
fashion  of  150  years  ago.  In 
the  rear  wall,  facing  Broadway, 
is  a  memorial  tablet  to  General 
Richard  Montgomery,  the  hero 
of  Quebec,  while  in  the  church- 
yard are  monuments  to  Thomas 
Addis  Emmet,  an  Irish  patriot, 

i  /~\  T\     /~\        1  De    Vr  itt   C-linton 

the  actor  George  F.  Cooke,  and  Chamber  of  Commerce 

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to  visitors  every  day.  During  the  British  occupation  Lord  Howe 
worshiped  here;  and  later,  Washington,  whose  pew  is  marked. 

Grace  Church,  at  Broadway  &  loth  St.,  is  in  view  for  a  long 
distance  from  both  directions.  The  style  is  decorated  Gothic, 
elaborately  carried  out,  and  the  rectory  and  adjoining  build- 
ings are  harmoniously  adapted  to  it.  A  pretty  space  of  lawn 
and  garden  makes  a  pleasing  foreground  to  one  of  the  most 
gratifying  architectural  pictures  in  New  York. 

St.  Mark's  is  another  venerable  church  edifice,  at  Second 
Ave.  &  loth  St.  (gth  St.  Station  Third  Ave.  Elevated  Ry.). 
It  covers  the  site  of  a  chapel  built  by  Stuyvesant,  the  last  of 
the  Dutch  governors,  whose  bones  rest  beneath  its  floor. 

The  Church  of  ths  Transfiguration  in  2gth  St.,  just  east 
of  Fifth  Ave.,  is  now  known  all  over  the  country  as  "the  little 
church  'round  the  corner."  This  name  is  said  to  have  been 
derived  from  the  refusal  some  years  ago  of  a  certain  pastor  in 
Madison  Ave.  to  perform  the  burial  service  over  the  body  of 
the  aged  actor  George  Holland,  bidding  the  emissary  of  his 
friend  (who  was  Joseph  Jefferson)  go  to  "a  little  church  'round 
the  corner,"  where  they  might  be  accommodated.  Since  then 
the  players  of  the  country  have  held  this  church  and  the 
late  Dr.  Houghton,  its  pastor,  in  veneration,  and  nearly  all 
actors  and  actresses  who  die  in  New  York  are  buried  from  it. 
A  memorial  window  to  Harry  Montague  is  one  of  its  interest- 
ing features.  It  is  a  low  cruciform  building  in  Gothic  style, 
shaded  by  trees;  its  walls  are  half  covered  with  vines,  it  has 
a  pretty  lich-gate,  and  altogether  is  one  of  the  most  attrac- 
tive houses  of  worship  in  the  city. 

Presbyterian,  First  Church,  founded  in  1716,  now  occupies 
the  block  on  Fifth  Ave.  between  nth  &  i2th  Sts.  with  one 
of  the  most  dignified  edifices  of  its  class  in  New  York. 

Fifth  Ave.  Presbyterian,  Fifth  Ave.  &  55th  St.,  is  the 
most  fashionable  as  well  as  the  most  popular  of  the  churches 
of  this  denomination  in  New  York.  It  is  a  building  of  highly 
decorated  Gothic  architecture  and  the  interior  presents  as 
great  a  contrast  to  the  conventional  plain  meeting-house  of 
former  days  as  can  well  be  imagined.  Neither  carving  nor  color 
has  been  spared,  and  the  effect  produced  is  rather  more  that 
associated  with  a  theater  than  with  a  church — an  effect 
brought  out  to  its  fullest  extent  by  the  light  wood  used  in  the 
paneling  and  in  the  construction  of  the  pews,  and  in  the  grad- 
ual sloping  of  the  floor  from  the  entrance  to  the  pulpit. 

Madison  Square  Church  is  that  of  which  the  Reverend 
Charles  H.  Parkhurst  is  pastor. 


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Trinity  Church 

from  Greenwich  and  Rector  Streets 
Page  109 

Methodist  Episcopal:  John  St.  Church  occupies  the  site 
of  the  first  Methodist  church  in  America  and  is  known  as  the 
cradle  of  American  Methodism. 

Madison  Ave.  (at  No.  659).  This  is  the  church  made 
famous  by  Dr.  Newman,  who  numbered  General  Grant  among 
his  parishioners. 

Temple  Emanu-El,  northeast  corner  of  Fifth  Ave.  &  43d 
St.,  is  the  finest  specimen  of  Moorish  architecture  in  America, 
and  one  of  the  costliest  religious  structures  in  New  York  City. 
It  is  built  of  brown  and  yellow  sandstone,  with  a  roof  of 
alternate  lines  of  red  and  black  tiles. 

St.  Patrick's  Cathedral,  Fifth  Ave.  between  $oth  &  sist 
Sts..  should  not  be  omitted  from  the  list  of  places  strangers 


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ought  to  visit  in  New  York.  Except  for  certain  adornments 
all  the  work  on  the  building  designing  and  execution,  mechan- 
ical and  artistic,  was  done  in  New  York.  The  cornerstone 
was  laid  on  August  15,  1858,  in  the  presence  of  100,000  persons, 
who  had  room  to  stand  on  the  adjacent  lots,  then  vacant.  On 
May  25,  1879,  the  structure  was  dedicated  by  Cardinal 
McCloskey. 

The  cathedral  is  an  example  of  the  decorated,  geometric 
style  of  Gothic  architecture  which  prevailed  in  Europe  from 
1275  to  1400,  and  of  which  the  Cathedral  of  Cologne  and  the 
nave  of  Westminster  are  advanced  exponents.  Although 
Europe  can  boast  larger  cathedrals,  for  purity  of  style,  origi- 
nality of  design,  harmony  of  proportion,  beauty  of  material,  and 
finish  of  workmanship,  New  York  Cathedral  stands  unsurpassed. 
It  is  cruciform,  exterior  length,  332  ft.,  breadth,  174  ft.,  towers 
at  base,  32  ft.,  height  of  spires,  330  ft.  Of  the  72  windows  37 
are  ornamented  with  subjects  from  Scripture  and  the  lives  of 
saints;  the  principal  window  is  a  six-bay  representative  of  St. 
Patrick.  There  are  statues  of  Christ,  St.  Peter  and  St.  Paul. 
The  altar  is  of  purest  Italian  marble  inlaid  with  alabaster 
and  precious  stones.  The  altar  tabernacle  is  of  marble  richly 
decorated,  and  has  a  door  of  gilt  bronze  set  with  emeralds  and 
garnets.  The  body  of  Cardinal  McCloskey  lies  beneath  the 
altar.  The  building  cost  $2,000,000  exclusive  of  the  land. 
The  cathedral  is  open  during  the  day. 

PROMINENT  CHURCHES 

Baptist  Greek  Catholic 

Calvary,  W.  57th  St.  between  Sixth  Holy  Virgin  Mary,  347  E.  I4th  St. 

&  Seventh  Aves.  T      •  ^ 
Fifth  Avenue,  8  W.  46th  St. 

Madison  Avenue,  Madison  Ave.  &  £eth-,E1.  5th  Ave   &  E    76th  St. 

E.  3 ist  St.  Temple    Emanu-El,    5th    Ave.    & 

Memorial,   Washington  Sq.   &  43d  St. 

Thompson  St.  Lutheran 

Congregational  Grace,  123  W.  7ist  St. 

Broadway  Tabernacle,  Broadway  &  Holy  Trinity,   Central  Park  West 

56th  St.  &  W.  65th  St. 

Disciples  of  Christ  Methodist  Episcopal 

Lenox  Avenue,  Union,  74  W.  i26th  Madison  Avenue,  Madison  Ave.  & 

St.  6oth  St. 

Metropolitan  Temple,   58   Seventh 

Evangelical  Ave. 

First    Church    of    the    Evangelical     Union,  W.  48th  St.  near  Broadway. 
Association,  214  W.  35th  St.  Washington  Square,  137  W.  4th  St. 

Friends  Moravian 

East  1 5th  St.  &  Rutherford  PI.          First,   Lexington  Ave.  &  3Oth  St. 


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Presbyterian 

Brick,  Fifth  Ave.  cor.  37th  St. 

Fifth  Avenue,  5th  Ave.  &  55th  St. 

Madison  Square,  24th  St.  &  Madi- 
son Ave. 

Scotch,  96th  St.  &  Central  Park 
West. 

Protestant  Episcopal 

Cathedral  of  St.  John  the  Divine, 
W.  1 1 3th  St.  between  Amsterdam 
&  Morningside  Aves. 

Grace,  800  Broadway. 

St.  Bartholomew's,  348  Madison 
Ave. 

St.  Pauls'  (Trinity  Parish),  Broad- 
way &  Vesey  St. 

St.  Thomas,  Fifth  Ave.  &  53d  St. 

Transfiguration   ("Little  Church 
Around  the  Corner"),  5  E.  2Qth 
St. 

Trinity,  Broadway  &  Rector  St. 

Reformed  Church  in  America 

Madison  Avenue,  Madison  Ave.  & 

57th  St. 
New  York  Collegiate: 

Knox  Memorial,  405  W.  4ist  St. 

Marble,  Fifth  Ave.  &  29th  St. 

St.  Nicholas,  Fifth  Ave.  &  48th 

St. 

Reformed  Church  in  U.  S. 

Martha  Memorial,  419  W.  52d  St. 

Reformed  Episcopal 
First,  Madison  Ave.  cor.  55th  St. 

Reformed  Presbyterian 
Third,  238  W.  23d  St. 

Roman  Catholic 

St.  Francis  Xavier,  36  W.  i6th  St. 
St.  Ignatius  Loyola,  Park  Ave.  & 
E.  84th  St. 


St.  Leo's,  1 1  E.  28th  St. 
St.  Patrick's  Cathedral,  Fifth  Ave. 
&  soth  St. 

Seventh  Day  Adventists 

New  York  Swedish,  308  E.  55th  St. 

Unitarian 

Messiah,  E.  34th  St.  &  Park  Ave. 

United  Presbyterian 

West  44th  St.,  434  W.  44th  St. 

Universalist 

Fourth  (Divine  Paternity),  Central 
Park  West  &  76th  St. 

Miscellaneous 

All  Night  Mission,  8  Bowery. 
Beacon  Light  Rescue  Mission,  2372 

Third  Ave. 

.Bowery  Mission,  227  Bowery. 
Broome  St.  Tabernacle,  395  Broome 

St. 
Chinatown    Midnight    Mission,    17 

Doyers  St. 

Church  of  Christ  (Scientist),  Cen- 
tral Park  West  &  96th  St. 
Doyers  St.  Mission,  17  Doyers  St. 
Five  Points  Mission,  63  Park  St. 
Helen  F.  Clark  Mission,  195  Worth 

St. 

Japanese  Mission,  330  E.  57th  St. 
Mariners',  46  Catherine  St. 
McAuley's    Water  Street  Mission, 

316  Water  St. 
New  Thought,   Columbus  Ave.   & 

79th  St. 
Seamans  Christian  Association,  339 

West  St. 
St.  Trinity  (Greek  Orthodox),  153 

E.  72d  St. 


HOSPITALS   AND   PHILANTHROPIC   SOCIETIES 

Bellevue,  foot  of  E.  26th  St.  A  long  grayish,  four-story, 
prison-like  structure,  enclosed  by  a  high,  forbidding  stone  wall, 
situated  in  a  block  which  extends  to  the  East  River.  This 
is  the  most  widely  known  hospital  in  America.  It  is  under 
the  control  of  the  Department  of  Charities,  which  is  permitted 
to  expend  upon  it  about  $100,000  annually.  For  many  years  it 
has  been  famous  for  the  high  medical  and  surgical  skill  of 
which  it  is  the  theater,  its  faculty  embracing  many  of  the 


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leading  physicians  and  surgeons  cf  the  city.  Admission  of 
patients  is  procurable  upon  the  recommendation  of  a  physi- 
cian ;  victims  of  accidents  and  sudden  illness  may  enter  at  any 
time  of  day  or  night;  regular  patients,  between  10  a.m.  and 
3  p.m.  Contagious  diseases  are  refused.  Hours  for  visitors, 
from  ii  a.m.  to  3  p.m.  Within  the  grounds  is  the  Belle vue 
Hospital  Medical  College,  founded  in  1861,  which  has  taken 
high  rank  and  has  now  about  500  students. 

The  Morgue  at  Bellevue  is  a  small  one-story  building.  In 
an  inner  room,  protected  by  a  partition  of  glass,  the  unknown 
and  unclaimed  dead  lie  outstretched,  almost -nude,  upon  marble 
slabs,  and  under  the  drip  of  ice  water. 

Emergency  Hospital,  233  E.  26th  St.  For  the  relief  of 
persons  taken  suddenly  ill,  and  women  on  their  way  to  maternity 
hospital.  Other  emergency  hospitals  are  Gouverneur,  in 
Gouverneur  Slip;  the  Fordham  Reception  Hospital,  2456 
Valentine  Ave.,  and  the  House  of  Relief,  67  Hudson  St. 

New  York  Hospital,  8  W.  i6th  St.  This  magnificent  struc- 
ture, facing  W.  isth  St.  (near  Fifth  Ave.),  has  every  modern 
device  for  health  and  comfort.  The  hospital  maintains  a 
branch  "house  of  relief"  for  cases  of  accident  or  sudden  illness, 
at  67  Hudson  St.  This  branch,  as  well  as  the  main  establish- 
ment, has  ambulances  and  gives  free  treatment  in  emergency 
cases. 

Roosevelt,  5gth  St.  and  Ninth  Ave. 

St.  Luke's  Hospital,  on  Morningside  Heights  is  under  the 
care  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  but  makes  no  dis- 
tinction as  to  its  patients. 

Presbyterian,  Madison  Ave.  and  7oth  St.  Nine-tenths  of 
the  patients  here  pay  no  fees. 

St.  Vincent's,  149  W.  nth  St.  Visitors,  Tuesdays  and 
Fridays,  3  to  5  p.  m. 

St.  Francis',  605  Fifth  Ave.,  with  St.  Joseph's,  a  branch  at 
1 43d  St.  and  Brook  Ave. 

St.  Elizabeth's,  415  W.  sist  St. 

Five  Points  House  of  Industry  and  Five  Points  Mission 
stand  across  the  street  from  each  other  at  the  Five  Points,  a 
short  walk  from  Broadway  through  Worth  St.  Both  assist  the 
destitute  of  all  classes,  and  find  enough  to  occupy  them  within 
a  very  few  blocks.  They  support  missionaries  among  the  tene- 
ment-house people,  provide  food,  clothing,  and  necessaries  for 
applicants  thought  worthy,  maintain  large  schools,  and 
provide  for  the  health,  education,  and  general  betterment  of 
great  numbers  of  poor  and  neglected  children,  hundreds  of  whonp 
are  sent  annually  to  homes  in  the  interior  of  the  country. 


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The  Association  for  Improving  Conditions  of  the  Poor,  105 

E.  22d  St.,  annually  assists  in  20,000  or  more  carefully  investi- 
gated cases. 

Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Animals,  Madison 
Ave.  and  26th  St.  The  object  of  the  society  is  the  enforcement 
of  the  laws  relating  to  the  protection  of,  and  the  prevention  of 
cruelty  to,  animals  in  all  parts  of  the  United  States. 

Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children,  23d  St. 
and  Fourth  Ave.  Its  object  is  the  enforcement  of  laws  relating 
to  children,  their  protection  against  and  rescue  from  oppression 
and  evil  influences,  and  their  help  when  in  need. 

Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Crime.    Office,  105  E.  22d  St. 

Other  important  philanthropic  associations  are:  Actors' 
Fund,  112  W.  42d  St.;  Baptist  Home  Mission,  116  E.  68th  St.; 
Female  Guardian  Society  and  Home  for  the  Friendless,  29  E. 
29th  St. ;  Kindergarten  Society,  70  Fifth  Ave. ;  Sabbath  Union, 
203  Broadway;  Seaman's  Friend  Society,  76  Wall  St.;  Sunday 
School  Committee,  416  Lafayette  PI. ;  Association  for  Befriend- 
ing Women  and  Young  Girls,  136  Second  Ave.;  Association 
Fraterna  Italiana,  64  S.  Washington  Sq. ;  Bowery  Mission,  55 
Bowery;  Catholic  Sailors'  Friends,  178  Christopher  St.;  Cercle 
Frangais  L'Amipie,  440  Sixth  Ave.;  Children's  Aid  Society, 
105  E.  22d  St.;  City  Vigilance  League,  105  E.  22d  St.;  Civil 
Service  Reform  Association,  79  Wall  St.;  Consumers'  League, 
105  E.  22d  St.;  Lutheran  Emigrant  Mission,  8  State  St.;  Evan- 
gelical Alliance,  105  E.  22d  St. ;  German  Missions,  6  and  27  State 
St.;  Irish  Emigrant  Society,  29  Reade.St.;  Jewish  Immigrant 
Protective  Association,  210  E.  u8th  St.;  Ladies'  Health 
Protective  Association,  105  E.  22d  St.;  Legal  Aid  Society,  239 
Broadway;  Working  Girls'  Vacation  Society,  105  E.  22d  St.; 
Penny  Provident  Fund,  101  E.  22d  St. ;  Provident  Loan  Society, 
279  Fourth  Ave. ;  Typothetae,  32  Union  Sq.,  E. ;  United  Hebrew 
Charities,  356  Second  Ave.;  Working  Women's  Protective 
Union,  312  W.  54th  St.;  Young  Men's  Christian  Association, 
215  W.  23d  St.;  Young  Women's  Christian  Association,  600 
Lexington  St. 

BROOKLYN  AND  QUEENS 

Fulton  St.  The  main  thoroughfare  of  Brooklyn  is  Fulton  St. 
Fulton  and  Catharine  ferries,  and  the  East  River  bridge  connect 
with  it.  Half  a  mile  north  of  the  bridge  stands  the  Court  House, 
where  the  celebrated  "Beecher  trial"  took  place;  near  by  are 
the  Hall  of  Records,  the  Municipal  Bldg.  (containing  the  depart- 
mental offices  of  the  local  government),  and,  most  prominent, 
the  City  Hall — all  costly  and  imposing  buildings.  In  front  of 
them  stands  Ward's  bronze  statue  of  Henry  Ward  Beecher, 


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Victory  Arch,  Entrance  to  Prospect  Park,  Brooklyn 
Page  121 

commemorating  him  not  only  as  the  great  preacher  but  as  the 
anti-slavery  champion  and  philanthropist. 

The  principal  shops  line  Fulton  St.  for  half  a  dozen  blocks 
above  the  Court  House,  while  on  Washington  St.,  two  blocks 
south,  are  the  costly  new  Federal  Bldg.and  the  lofty  Eagle  Bldg. 

Theaters.  The  principal  theaters  are:  Academy  of  Music, 
Lafayette  Ave.  near  Fulton  St.;  Majestic,  651  Fulton  St.; 
Grand  Opera  House,  Elm  PL  near  Fulton  St. ;  Star,  Jay  St.  near 
Fulton  St. ;  Montauk,  Hanover  PI. ;  Broadway  Theater,  Broad- 
way near  Myrtle;  Bijou,  Smith  and  Livingston  Sts.;  Orpheum, 
578  Fulton  St.;  Lee  Avenue  Academy,  Lee  Ave.  near  Division 
Ave.;  Novelty,  Driggs  Ave.  near  S.  4th  St.,  E.  D.;  Gayety, 
Broadway  and  Throop  St.,  E.  D.;  Empire,  Ralph  Ave.  and 
Quincy. 


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The  Heights  are  a  steep  bluff  nearly  100  feet  high  at 
the  foot  of  Montague  St.  Along  the  base  of  the  bluffs  are 
lines  of  wharves  and  spacious  warehouses  which  leave  room 
for  only  one  narrow  street.  Most  of  the  warehouses  are  bonded. 
Those  on  the  land  side  are  built  in  excavations  under  the  back 
gardens  of  the  dwellings  on  Columbia  Heights,  where  stand  the 
residences  of  many  of  'the  oldest  and  most  prominent  Brooklyn 
families.  Their  windows  overlook  a  grand  panorama  of  the 
harbor,  the  lower  part  of  East  River,  and  the  Battery  and  Wall 
St.  regions  of  New  York  City. 

On  The  Heights,  too,  are  hotels,  churches,  clubs,  and  institu- 
tions of  learning,  including  the  Art  Association,  and,  opposite, 
the  Brooklyn  Library.  The  Long  Island  Historical  Society 
is  at  the  corner  of  Clinton  and  Pierpont  Sts.  It  owns  a  library 
of  more  than  80,000  volumes  and  pamphlets,  and  a 
museum  of  historical  and  curious  objects.  Clinton  St.  was  for 
many  years  the  Fifth  Ave.  of  Brooklyn,  and  no  part  of  the  city 
is  more  fashionable  than  the  blocks  along  Montague,  Pierpont, 
Remsen,  arid  some  other  streets  leading  from  Clinton  St.  to 
the  river  bluff.  The  leading  clubs  are  the  Brooklyn,  Hamilton, 
Excelsior,  Crescent  Athletic  Club,  and  Jefferson  Democratic 
Club — while  on  "The  Hill"  are  the  Republican  Union  League 
Club,  the  Lincoln,  and  the  Montauk. 

It  was  the  number  of  fine  houses  of  worship,  not  to  speak  of 
many  smaller  ones,  in  this  conspicuous  part  of  town  which 
gave  to  Brooklyn  the  name  "City  of  Churches." 

Plymouth  Church,  made  famous  by  Henry  Ward  Beecher, 
was  until  1899  presided  over  by  Dr.  Lyman  Abbott.  It  is  on 
Orange  St.  between  Hicks  and  Henry  Sts.,  within  easy  walking 
distance  of  either  Fulton  Ferry  or  the  Bridge.  The  edifice  is 
merely  a  great  brick  "barn,"  and  within  has  no  ornamentation 
inconsistent  with  its  outward  simplicity.  It  was  built  in  1847, 
and  its  pulpit  was  occupied  40  years  by  Mr.  Beecher,  until  his 
death  in  1887.  Its  most  prominent  members  dwell  near  by,  but 
a  large  part  of  the  regular  congregation  gathers  from  remote 
quarters  of  the  city,  while  a  throng  of  strangers  from  all  parts 
of  the  country  is  seen  within  its  doors  each  Sunday.  Mr. 
Beecher  lived  and  died  not  far  away,  at  124  Hicks  St.,  corner  of 
Clark  St.  The  present  pastor  is  Dr.  Newell  Dwight  Hillis. 

Another  famous  Congregational  church  on  The  Heights  is 
Dr.  H.  P.  Dewey's  Church  of  the  Pilgrims,  at  the  corner  of 
Henry  and  Remsen  Sts.  Next  to  the  Historical  Society's  Bldg. 
is  Holy  Trinity,  the  leading  Episcopal  church  of  Brooklyn, 
under  the  pastorate  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  J.  H.  Melish;  St.  Ann's 
is  only  a  block  or  two  distant. 


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PROMINENT  CHURCHES 

Note:  Directories  of  places  of  worship  are  displayed  in  all 
principal  hotels.  Therefore  these  pages  make  mention  only  of 
the  more  distinguished. 


Baptist 

Baptist  Temple,  3d,  corner  Scher- 
merhorn. 

Christian  Scientist 

First  Church   of   Christ,  Dean   & 
New  York  Ave. 

Congregational 
Plymouth,  Orange,  near  Henry. 

Disciples  of  Christ 

First  Church  of  Christ,  123  Sterling 
PI. 

Evangelical 
Emanuel,  400  Melrose. 

Friends 

Soc.    Friends    (Orth'x),  Lafayette, 
corner  Washington. 

Jewish 

Israel,  Bedford  &  Lafayette  Aves. 

Lutheran 

St.    Peter's,     Bedford     Ave.,  near 
De  Kalb. 

Methodist  Episcopal 
Janes,  Monroe,  Corner  Reid  Ave. 

Methodist  Episcopal  (African) 
Bridge  St.  A.  M.  E.,  313  Bridge. 

Methodist  Free 

First,  1 6th  St.,  near  4th  Ave. 

Methodist  Primitive 
First,  Park  PL,  near  Nostrand  Ave. 

Methodist  Protestant 
Grace  (Canarsie),  E.  Q2d  &  Church 
Lane. 


Pentecostal 

Nazarene,  Utica  Ave.,  between  Ber- 
gen &  Dean. 

Presbyterian 

Lafayette   Ave.,     Lafayette    Ave., 
corner  S.  Oxford. 

Presbyterian — United 

Second,  Bond  and  Atlantic  Ave. 

Protestant  Episcopal 
Holy  Trinity,  Clinton,  corner  Mon- 
tague. 

Reformed  Church  in  America 

First,  yth  Ave,  and  Carroll. 
Reformed  Church  in  the  U.  S. 

Christ  Evangelical,  54  Wyona. 
Reformed  Episcopal 

Reconciliation,  Nostrand  &  Jeffer- 
son Aves. 

Seventh  Day  Adventists 
First  German,  1831  Gates  Ave. 
Swedenborgian 

Church  of  New  Jerusalem,  Monroe. 
PI.  &  Clark.    ' 

Unitarian 

Church  of  the  Saviour,  Pierrepont 
&  Monroe  PI. 

Universalist 

All   Souls,    Ocean,   corner   Ditmas 
Ave. 

Miscellaneous 

First    Free   Baptist,    Keap,  corner 
Marcy  Ave. 

Roman  Catholic 

Sacred  Hearts  of  Jesus  and  Mary, 
Degraw  &  Hicks. 


COLLEGES,  ACADEMIES  AND  PRIVATE  SCHOOLS 

Adelphi  College— Clifton  and  St.  James  Pis. 

Brooklyn  College — Nostrand  Ave.,  Carroll  and  Crown  Sts. 


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Brooklyn  Heights  Seminary — 18  Pierrepont  St 

Friends  School — 112  Schermerhorn  St. 

Froebel  Academy — 687  Lafayette  Ave. 

Packer  Collegiate  Inst. — 170  Joralemon. 

Polytechnic  Institute  of  Brooklyn. 

Pratt  Institute — 215  Ryerson  St. 

St.  Agnes  Seminary — 283-287  Union  St. 

St.  Francis  College  and  Academy — 41  Butler  St. 

St.  Francis  Xavier  Academy — 697  Carroll  St. 

St.  John's  College — Willoughby  Ave.,  cor.  Lewis  St. 

Y.  M.  C.  A. — ii  Bond,  1125  Bedford  Ave.,  Marcy  Ave.  and 

S.  gth  St. 

Prospect  Park.  Prospect  Park  overlooks  the  populous  wards 
of  South  Brooklyn  and  the  New  York  Harbor  on  one  side,  and 
the  Atlantic  shore  toward  Coney  Island  on  the  other.  It  is 
nearly  as  large  as  Central  Park,  at  least  as  beautiful,  and  con- 
tains, among  its  ornaments,  a  statue  to  John  Howard  Payne, 
author  of  Home  Sweet  Home,  and  a  bronze  tablet  noting  the 
site  (Battle-Pass)  of  a  critical  part  of  the  Battle  of  Long  Island, 
which  took  place  on  these  hills.  From  Lookout  Hill  a  magnifi- 
cent view  is  to  be  gained,  reaching  from  the  Atlantic  horizon  to 
the  Palisades  and  the  Orange  Hills;  and  on  certain  lawns, 
especially  on  Sunday  afternoons,  hundreds  of  brightly  appareled 
young  people  may  be  seen  playing  tennis  or  croquet,  practicing 
archery,  or  otherwise  actively  amusing  themselves.  The  park 
is  reached  by  the  following  trolley  lines :  From  Fulton  Ferry  or 
the  Bridge  entrance,  Flatbush  Ave.  line  (the  most  direct); 
Adams  and  Bocrum  PL  line,  and  Franklin  Ave.  line;  from 
Hamilton  (south)  Ferry,  to  Hamilton  Ave.  and  Prospect  Park 
line;  and  from  Broadway  (Williamsburg)  Ferry,  the  Nostrand 
Ave.  line.  The  distance  is  about  2>^  miles  from  any  of  the 
ferries,  but  the  route  from  Fulton  Ferry  or  the  Bridge  is  the 
most  interesting.  None  of  the  elevated  roads  goes  near  the  park. 

The  picturesque  Water  Tower  near  the  Plaza  overlooks  the 
whole  region. 

The  Park  Plaza  is  a  large  paved  space  at  the  principal 
entrance  to  Prospect  Park,  where  Flatbush  Ave.,  Eastern  Boule- 
vard, and  several  other  streets  converge.  The  center  of  the 
Plaza  is  ornamented  by  a  memorial  to  the  soldiers  and  sailors 
of  the  Civil  War,  the  memorial  being  surmounted  by  a  colossal 
bronze  group  by  Frederick  MacMonnies,  representing  the 
chariot  of  victory  led  by  heralds  of  peace.  The  arch  is  hollow, 
and  stairways,  open  to  the  public,  permit  one  to  ascend  to  the 
top  for  a  closer  view  of  this  work  of  art,  which  gains  upon 
nearer  inspection. 


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At  a  little  distance  is  an  electric  fountain,  illuminated  at 
frequent  intervals  during  the  summer.  Just  within  the  park 
entrance  stands  a  most  excellent  portrait-statue,  also  by  Mac- 
Monnies,  of  J.  S.  Stranahan,  who,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  in 
1897,  was  called  Brooklyn's  foremost  citizen,  and  had  been 
more  active  than  any  one  else  in  establishing  this  and  other 
parks  in  the  city. 

The  Museum  of  the  Brooklyn  Institute  is  an  eighth  of  a 
mile  east  of  the  Park  Plaza.  Entrance  is  free  to  the  public  from 
Wednesday  to  Saturday;  25  cents  admission  fee  on  Monday 
and  Tuesday.  The  collections  consist  of  a  large  amount  of 
varied  material,  displayed  in  suitable  cases  and  well  worth 
seeing.  The  zoological  collection  is  especially  complete,  and 
includes  an  excellent  display  of  local  birds  and  insects.  A  con- 
siderable amount  of  geological,  mineralogical,  and  ethnological 
material  has  been  gathered  and  arranged,  and  the  beginning  of 
an  art  gallery  has  been  made. 

Greenwood  Cemetery.  This  famous  city  of  the  dead  covers 
a  square  mile  of  the  highlands  that  lie  back  of  South  Brooklyn 
and  overlook  New  York  Harbor.  It  is  2  %  miles  from  Brooklyn 
Bridge  and  is  reached  most  directly  by  the  Fifth  Ave.  line 
of  the  Brooklyn  elevated  railway,  which  has  a  station  at  its 
principal  (northern)  entrance.  Here  carriages  will  be  found 
which  make  the  tour  of  the  cemetery,  and  as  he  goes  along  the 
driver  explains  what  are  generally  regarded  as  the  most  inter- 
esting sights.  The  charge  for  the  ride  is  25  cents.  There  is  no 
burying  ground  in  the  country  which  compares  with  Greenwood 
in  the  cost  and  elaborateness  of  its  mortuary,  or  the  care  given 
it  as  a  whole.  The  stone-bedded,  tile-drained  roads  measure 
25  miles  in  length. 

The  imposing  Gothic  gateway  at  the  principal  entrance  is 
of  brownstone,  elaborately  carved,  and  holds  the  offices  of  the 
the  administrators  and  a  visitors'  room.  Waiting-rooms  fur- 
nished with  toilet  rooms  and  other  accommodations  will  be 
found  at  the  other  entrances  also.  Near  the  center  of  the  ceme- 
tery, at  the  intersection  of  Locust  and  Southwood  Aves.,  is  "  The 
Shelter  House,  "  designed  for  the  shelter  of  visitors  who  chance 
to  be  remote  from  the  various  entrances  and  need  the  conveni- 
ences which  it  affords. 

Among  the  more  notable  memorials  are : 

The  bust  of  Horace  Greeley,  erected  by  the  printers  of  the 
country,  on  Locust  Hill  near  Oak  Ave. 

On  Highwood  Hill  the  triangular  block  covering  the  remains 
of  Professor  S.  F.  B.  Morse,  the  inventor  of  the  electric  telegraph, 
overlooks  the  Clinton  Monument. 


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The  Soldiers'  Monument  stands  on  the  plateau  of  Battle  Hill, 
whence  a  broad  view  is  to  be  gained.  It  was  erected  in  memory 
of  148,000  soldiers  who  died  in  the  Civil  War. 

Opposite  the  main  entrance  stands  the  Theater  Fire  Mon- 
ument, underneath  which,  in  a  common  grave,  rest  the  un- 
recognized and  unclaimed  bodies  of  those  who  perished  in  the 
burning  of  the  Brooklyn  Theater,  in  December,  1876,  when 
more  than  300  people  lost  their  lives. 

The  Firemen's  Monument  is  surmounted  by  the  figure  of  a 
fireman  holding  a  child  in  his  arms.  It  was  erected  by  the  old 
volunteer  fire  department  of  New  York  City,  whose  chief 
engineer,  Harry  Howard,  has  placed  elsewhere  in  the  grounds  a 
statue  in  memory  of  his  foster  mother,  showing  her  as  adopting 
him  when  saved  from  a  burning  building. 

Many  of  the  monuments  take  the  form  of  Greek  or  Gothic 
memorial  chapels,  one  of  the  most  conspicuous  and  beautiful  of 
which  is  that  of  Miss  Mary  M.  Dauser,  at  the  intersection  of 
Fir  and  Vine  Aves. 

Another"  temple  worthy  of  special  attention  is  that  of 
A.  S.  Scribner,  at  Cypress  and  Vine  Aves.  It  was  made  in 
Italy  and  contains  a  figure  representing  Hope. 

The  monument  to  commemorate  John  Matthews,  at  the 
southwesterly  end  of  Valley  Water,  has  the  form  of  a  richly 
carved  canopy  and  spire  above  a  sculptured  sarcophagus,  upon 
the  top  of  which  lies  a  full-length  marble  figure  of  the  dead  man. 
On  the  tablet  under  the  canopy  is  a  veiled  female  figure  seated 
in  a  chair,  typifying  grief.  The  artist  was  Carl  Miller,  and  the 
cost  of  the  monument,  $30,000. 

The  Pilot's  Monument,  erected  by  the  pilots  of  New  York 
Harbor  to  a  hero  among  them,  and  The  Sea  Captain's  Statue 
(representing  Captain  John  Correka,  holding  the  actual  sextant 
he  was  accustomed  to  use)  will  interest  those  fond  of  the  sea. 

Other  fine  and  costly  carvings  in  Italian  marble  are  seen  in 
the  monument  to  the  Brown  brothers,  New  York  bankers;  in 
the  emblematic  group  standing  in  the  lot  of  the  elder  James 
Gordon  Bennett,  founder  of  the  New  York  Herald;  and  in  the 
famous  Charlotte  Canda  monument,  at  Fern  and  Greenbough 
Aves.  The  colossal  bronze  statue  of  Governor  DeWitt  Clinton 
in  Baywood  Dell  should  not  be  missed  by  the  visitor  to  Green- 
wood, who  will  come  away  feeling  that  it  is  perhaps  as  satis- 
factory as  any  of  the  more  pretentious  memorials  in  the 
cemetery.  There  are  about  325,000  persons  buried  in 
Greenwood. 

The  Grant  Statue.  At  Grant  Sq.  where  Bergen  St.  crosses 
Bedford  Ave.  Of  heroic  size,  this  statue  is  worthy  of  the 


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attention  of  tourists.  It  was  presented  to  the  city  by  the 
Union  League  Club,  and  stands  in  front  of  their  splendid  club 
house.  It  is  in  bronze,  the  work  of  Partridge,  and  represents 
General  Grant  in  campaign  dress,  on  his  favorite  horse  as  he 
appeared  at  the  Battle  of  the  Wilderness. 

The  Navy  Yard.  On  the  Wallabout  basin,  an  indentation 
of  East  River,  where  in  Revolutionary  days  was  moored  the 
dreadful  "Jersey,"  worst  of  the  prison  hulks.  The  yard  is  at  the 
foot  of  York  St.,  and  may  be  reached  from  all  parts  of  Brooklyn 
by  electric  cars,  two  lines  crossing  the  bridge  to  Manhattan. 

This  is  the  foremost  naval  station  in  the  country,  and  its 
brick  wall  embraces  a  space  of  45  acres  in  the  yard  proper, 
while  100  acres  closely  adjacent  also  belong  to  the  establish- 
ment. The  United  States  Naval  Lyceum,  founded  by  officers 
of  the  navy  in  1833,  is  here.  It  has  a  fine  library  and  a  large 
collection  of  historical  curiosities,  together  with  valuable  geo- 
logical and  mineralogical  cabinets. 

The  Navy  Yard  consists  of  two  portions  separated  by  the 
deep  bay  of  "the  basin,"  or  Wallabout,  into  which  the  dry- 
docks  open.  The  peninsular  part  outside  the  basin  is  called 
the  Cob  Dock  and  forms  an  extensive  park-like  space,  where 
musters  and  drills  of  sailors,  marines,  and  recruits  may  be 
witnessed.  The  great  yellow  hulk,  housed  and  permanently 
moored  on  the  outer  margin  of  the  Cob  Dock,  is  the  old  frigate 
"Vermont,"  which  now  forms  a  "receiving  ship"  (recruiting 
station) . 

Of  the  big  battleships  built  at  this  yard  the  most  recent 
were  the  "Connecticut,"  in  1904,  the  "Florida"  launched  in 
1910,  and  the  "New  York"  (of  the  super-dreadnaught  class) 
in  1912. 

About  2,000  men  are  ordinarily  employed  at  the  yard. 

RICHMOND 

Staten  Island.  The  ferry  from  New  York  lands  at  St.  George, 
at  the  northern  extremity  of  the  island.  The  terminus  of  the 
Baltimore  &  Ohio's  branch  line  is  used  exclusively  as  a  freight- 
carrying  route.  St.  George  is  also  the  central  station  of  the 
Staten  Island  Rapid  Transit  Railroad,  which  reaches  all  the 
shore  villages  of  importance. 

Staten  Island  is  hilly  and  contains  many  attractive  spots 
and  much  excellent  farming  land.  Its  length  is  more  than  13 
miles,  its  greatest  width  7f£  miles,  and  it  has  13  miles  of  ocean 
frontage.  Quaint  old  ports  are  scattered  along  the  southern 
shore,  and  odd  little  villages  throughout  the  interior.  But 
interspersed  everywhere  are  the  modern  and  luxurious  country 


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residences  of  wealthy  New  Yorkers,  who  go  back  and  forth 
daily.  The  interior  of  the  island  is  traversed  only  by  wagon 
roads;  Richmond,  the  judicial  seat  of  the  island  when  it  was 
Richmond  County,  is  itself  away  from  the  railroad,  but  acces- 
sible by  trolley  cars  from  St.  George. 

Sailor's  Snug  Harbor,  an  asylum  for  aged  and  infirm  sea- 
men half  a  mile  beyond  New  Brighton,  is  the  outgrowth  of  a 
bequest  made  at  the  beginning  of  the  last  century  by  Captain 
Richard  Randall,  then  a  prominent  member  of  the  Marine 
Society  of  New  York.  The  bequest  consisted  mainly  of  his 
farm,  the  southern  boundary  of  which  is  the  line  of  the  present 
Astor  place.  The  farm  yielded  the  trustees  about  $40,000, 
which  has  been  so  carefully  managed  that  the  property  now 
approaches  $18,000,000  in  value,  and  the  income  suffices  to 
care  for  1000  beneficiaries.  About  750  pensioners  are  at  present 
on  the  rolls,  all  of  whom  have  seen  a  certain  amount  of  actual 
service  as  sailors.  A  mortuary  monument  covering  the 
remains  of  the  founder  stands  near  the  main  entrance,  and  the 
bronze  statue  of  Randall  by  Augustus  St.  Gaudens,  in  another 
part  of  the  park,  is  one  of  the  most  satisfactory  pieces  of  sculp- 
ture in  the  neighborhood  of  New  York.  Within  the  buildings, 
the  visitor  should  take  pains  to  see  the  workshops,  where  scores 
of  cheerful  old  mariners  sit  in  the  sunshine,  smoke  their  pipes, 
and  work  at  plaiting  baskets,  mats,  and  other  articles  of  straw, 
netting  hammocks,  fishnets,  and  tidies,  and  rigging  toy  models 
of  painfully  accurate  schooners,  brigs,  and  full-rigged  ships. 
These  articles  are  sold  by  them,  and  the  more  able  and  indus- 
trious make  a  considerable  income  in  this  way.  The  Sailor's 
Snug  Harbor  is  as  sunny  and  cheerful  a  refuge  as  can  be  found 
in  the  Union. 

Prohibition  Park  ( Westerleigh) .  Reached  by  cars  from 
St.  George  or  Port  Richmond,  Prohibition  Park  is  an  exclusive 
community  of  persons  primarily  interested  in  the  prohibition 
of  intoxicating  liquor  as  a  beverage.  A  feature  of  the  place  is 
the  great  auditoriun  in  which  a  summer  program  of  lectures, 
exhibitions,  conventions,  and  meetings  is  in  progress  from  June 
to  October,  attracting  a  large  number  of  visitors  interested  in 
various  movements. 

THE  ISLANDS 

Ellis  Island.  A  small  island  between  the  Statue  of  Liberty 
and  the  Communipaw  shore.  Hither  all  steerage  passengers  are 
transferred  from  the  steamers  in  which  they  arrive,  and  before 
they  can  land  must  be  examined  as  to  their  eligibility  as  citizens 
and  be  fully  recorded.  If  they  are  bound  for  some  interior  point 
they  are  put  in  charge  of  railway  or  steamship  agents,  and  by 


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them  conducted  to  trains  or  steamers.  Paupers,  diseased  per- 
sons, criminals,  and  contract  laborers  are  sent  back  at  the 
expense  of  the  steamship  companies.  The  Government  never 
loses  sight  of  nor  ceases  to  protect  the  immigrant  until  he  is 
prepared  to  face  the  new  life.  A  ferry  boat  (free)  runs  between 
the  Battery  and  the  Island  every  40  minutes  during  working 
hours. 

Governor's  Island  (about  a  half-mile  distant  from  the 
Battery)  contained  but  65  acres  when  purchased  from  the 
Indians  by  Governor  Van  T wilier  in  1634.  Recently  it  has 
been  enlarged  to  120  acres  by  the  building  of  a  sea  wall  and 
filling  in.  Here  are  located  the  headquarters  of  the  eastern 
division  of  the  army  of  the  United  States,  with  complete  outfit 
for  100,000  men.  Castle  William,  built  in  1812,  is  now  used 
as  a  military  prison. 

Blackwell's  Island,  1 20  acres  in  extent,  lies  in  East  River  from 
5oth  to  86th  Sts.  It  is  the  site  of  the  Metropolitan  Hospital, 
the  Workhouse  for  those  convicted  of  minor  offenses,  the  City 
Home  for  the  aged  and  infirm,  the  Penitentiary  for  those  sen- 
tenced to  less  than  a  year,  and  the  City  Hospital. 

Randall's  Island  consists  of  100  acres  at  the  entrance  to 
Harlem  River.  Thereon  are  the  children's  hospital,  schools,  and 
home,  where  waifs  are  cared  for  by  the  Charities  Department, 
and  the  House  of  Refuge  for  the  training  of  youthful  delinquents. 

Swinburne  Island  is  located  in  Lower  Bay,  2  miles  from  the 
Narrows.  Persons  with  infectious  diseases,  such  as  typhus,  yellow 
fever,  bubonic  plague,  smallpox,  and  cholera,  are  disembarked 
here.  The  buildings  are  the  hospitals,  crematory,  and  physi- 
cian's residence. 

Hoffman  Island.  Situated  in  Lower  Bay,  one  mile  from  the 
Narrows,  Hoffman  Island  is  a  place  for  the  detention  of  well 
persons  arriving  on  infected  vessels,  as  well  as  for  those  suffer- 
ing from  minor  infectious  diseases.  Infectious  cases  of  a  more 
serious  nature  are  sent  to  Swinburne  Island.  Persons  exposed 
to  infection  are  held  at  Hoffman  Island,  and  here  ships  are 
disinfected. 

LONG  ISLAND  COAST 

Coney  Island  proper,  including  West  Brighton,  is  the  most 
western,  the  oldest,  most  crowded,  and  most  democratic  part 
of  the  whole  series  of  beaches  popularly  known  as  Coney  Island. 
Everything  that  can  be  thought  of  for  entertainment  and  penny- 
catching  is  here  in  its  latest  form.  Out  from  the  beach  extend 
two  long  iron  piers,  with  bathing  houses,  restaurants,  and 
other  accommodations  beneath  them,  and  here  steamboats 


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from  New  York  land  their  passengers.  The  beach  may  also 
be  reached  by  electric  trolley  cars.  The  bathing  arrangements 
are  good. 

West  Brighton  Beach  is  thronged  with  people  of  every  kind 
from  noon  until  midnight,  and  is  most  crowded  on  Sundays. 

Brighton.  Brighton,  half  a  mile  east  of  West  Brighton,  is 
the  favorite  beach  for  Brooklyn  people.  Here  is  a  huge  hotel, 
which  has  been  repeatedly  moved  back  from  the  shore,  out  of 
the  reach  of  the  waves;  the  beautiful  grounds  have  more  than 
once  been  ruined  by  the  gale  and  salt  spray.  The  piazzas 
are  so  broad  that  2000  persons  at  a  time  may  sit  at  the  tables 
placed  on  them,  and  still  leave  ample  space  for  promenading; 
20,000  meals  may  be  given  in  a  single  day.  The  bathing 
houses  are  of  great  size  and  are  conveniently  arranged,  but 
none  of  them  obstructs  the  seaward  view.  An  excellent  vaude- 
ville show  is  the  only  amusement  outside  the  hotel  and 
bathing  beach.  Reached  by  elevated  cars  from  Brooklyn  Bridge 
and  by  trolley  cars  from  Coney  Island. 

Manhattan  Beach.  This  resort,  immediately  east  of 
Brighton  Beach,  is  the  favorite  place  for  New  Yorkers  of  the 
well-to-do  class,  and  is  undoubtedly  the  spot  to  which  the  visitor 
will  return  most  often. 

Manhattan  Beach  is  occupied  by  the  buildings  and  grounds 
of  two  vast  hotels,  the  Manhattan  and  the  Oriental.  The 
former  is  at  the  terminus  of  the  railroad  from  New  York  and 
Brooklyn  and  nearest  Brighton.  The  beach  in  front  is  pro- 
tected by  a  piled  breakwater  which  supports  a  planked  walk. 
Surrounding  the  hotel  a  broad  space  of  lawns,  flower  beds  and 
asphalted  walks  has  been  laid  out  and  provided  with  a  great 
number  of  park  benches.  Half  a  mile  eastward,  and  con- 
nected with  the  Manhattan  by  a  broad  walk  and  series  of  lawns, 
is  the  great  Oriental  Hotel,  with  its  esplanade  and  bathing 
establishment.  The  beach  is  reached  by  steam  and  electric 
trolley  cars. 

Rockaway.  The  next  beach  east  of  Coney  Island  (from 
which  it  is  separated  bv  th  -  outlet  of  Jamaica  Bay),  is  Rockaway. 
This  is  one  of  the  oldest  seaside  resorts  on  Long  Island  shore 
and  may  be  reached  either  by  the  Long  Island  Railroad,  by 
Brooklyn  trolley  cars,  or  by  steamboat. 

ENVIRONS 

Yonkers,  on  the  Hudson,  joins  the  northern  limits  of 
New  York.  It  has  90,000  citizens,  a  great  part  of  whom  come 
regularly  to  business  in  the  metropolis. 

Mount  Vernon.     A  city  of  30,909  inhabitants,with  stations 


128  RAND   McNALLY   NEW  YORK   GUIDE 

on  both  the  New  York  Central  &  Hudson  River  and  the  New 
York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  railroads,  Mount  Vernon  covers 
the  central  hills  east  of  Yonkers.  It  contains  many  beautiful 
drives. 

Westchester,  the  historic,  is  still  farther  south  and  east. 

Eastchester  and  Pelham  are  hamlets  at  the  head  of  inlets 
from  Long  Island  Sound,  traversed  by  the  Harlem  River 
Branch  of  the  New  Haven  Railroad. 

New  Rochelle,  a  town  of  28,867  inhabitants,  17  miles  from 
Grand  Central  Terminal,  on  the  New  Haven  Railroad,  is  exceed- 
ingly pretty,  and  is  popular  with  New  Yorkers.  It  was  settled 
in  very  early  times  by  Huguenots,  and  preserves  many  inter- 
esting relics  of  its  colonial  period.  It  may  be  reached  by  trolley 
via  Mount  Vernon. 

Jersey  City.  With  a  population  of  267,779,  Jersey  City 
stretches  from  opposite  the  Statue  of  Liberty  to  the  Hoboken 
line  opposite  the  foot  of  Christopher  St.,  Manhattan,  and  back 
to  the  Hackensack  River  Meadows.  The  water  front  is  for  the 
most  part  in  possession  of  railway  and  steamship  companies. 
Behind  the  property  of  these  companies  are  a  great  many 
factories,  some  of  immense  proportions.  The  lofty  piles  of  the 
sugar  refineries  form  a  conspicuous  group  near  the  center  of 
the  city  as  one  crosses  from  New  York.  A  mile  back  from  the 
river  front  the  long,  rocky  ridge  of  Bergen  Heights,  a  continua- 
tion of  the  Hudson  Highlands,  extends  north  and  south  in  an 
elevated  peninsula  between  New  York  and  Newark  bays,  as 
far  as  the  pretty  village  of  Bergen  Point.  Upon  this  hill  are 
many  pleasant  streets  and  some  fine  churches  and  schools. 
Electric  trolley  cars  run  to  all  parts  of  the  city  and  to  the 
neighboring  cities,  including  Newark,  which  may  be  reached  by 
several  lines.  All  of  these  trolley  lines  concentrate  in  a  union 
station  at  the  foot  of  Montgomery  St.,  the  landing  place  for  the 
ferries  from  Cortlandt  and  Desbrosses  Sts.,  New  York.  The 
Pennsylvania  Railroad  station  is  at  this  ferry. 

Hoboken.  North  of  Jersey  City  the  water  front  of 
Hoboken  is  lined  by  the  wharves  of  several  great  trans-Atlantic 
steamer  lines,  particularly  those  sailing  to  the  German  ports, 
and  by  the  station  of  the  Delaware,  Lackawanna  &  Western 
Railway  system.  At  this  station  land  the  "Hoboken"  ferries 
from  Christopher  and  Barclay  Sts. ;  and  here  start  the  electric 
cars  of  the  elevated  railroad  which  runs  to  the  hilltop  and 
the  Hudson  County  Court  House,  as  well  as  of  various  surface 
lines.  The  population  of  Hoboken,  70,324,  is  chiefly  German, 
and  is  largely  devoted  to  manufacturing.  The  city  has  one 


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distinctly  American  institution,  however,  in  the  Stevens  Insti- 
tute, which  occupies  a  wooded  promontory  of  rock  jutting  out 
into  the  river  conspicuously  and  covered  by  a  pretty  park. 
This  is  a  polytechnic  and  scientific  school  of  high  rank,  founded 
by  the  late  Commodore  Stevens  who  equipped  the  "Stevens 
Battery,"  famous  in  the  early  days  of  the  Civil  War,  and  whose 
"castle"  overtops  the  trees  of  what  was  formerly  his  estate. 

Weehawken,  with  a  population  of  11,228,  is  a  small  city 
north  of  Hoboken  and  under  the  hill,  which  here  approaches 
the  water  more  closely  than  at  Hoboken.  It  was  the  scene  of 
Revolutionary  operations,  and,  here,  a  few  years  later,  Alex- 
ander Hamilton  and  Aaron  Burr  fought  the  duel  which  cost 
Hamilton  his  life.  Now  it  is  known  principally  as  the  terminus 
of  the  West  Shore  and  of  the  New  York,  Ontario  &  Western 
railroads.  It  is  connected  with  42d  St.  and  Cortlandt  St.,  New 
York,  by  ferries.  On  the  summit  of  the  lofty  bluffs  is  a 
scattered  German  community,  and  there  are  pleasant  strolling 
places  along  the  wooded  cliffs  northward,  which  command  a 
magnificent  outlook  far  down  the  bay.  This  locality  is  reached 
from  the  ferry  by  an  electric  line,  whose  cars  run  to  Hudson 
Heights  and  Fort  Lee. 

Long  Island.  Brooklyn  and  Queens  occupy  but  12.5  per 
cent  of  the  area  of  Long  Island,  which  stretches  123  miles  east 
and  west,  with  a  varying  width  of  from  15  to  25  miles. .  It  is  the 
largest  island  on  the  eastern  coast  of  the  United  States,  having 
almost  as  great  an  area  as  the  entire  state  of  Delaware.  The 
island  has  more  than  400  miles  of  shore  line  and  nearly  1000 
miles  of  fine  macadam  roads.  Its  shores  harbor  the  "Blue 
Point,"  and  the  famous  "Rockaway"  oyster,  and  the  "Little 
Neck"  clam.  Along  the  roads  of  Hempstead  Plains  the  Vander- 
bilt  automobile  races  take  their  course.  The  island  is  at  the 
same  time  the  front  dooryard  to  New  York  City  and  its  market 
garden.  It  is  claimed  that  the  range  of  temperature  on  Long 
Island  is  less  than  at  any  other  place  in  the  United  States 
except  Corpus  Christi,  Eureka  (Cal.),  Galveston,  and  Key  West. 
Long  Island  is  gridironed  with  electric  railways.  From  the 
Pennsylvania  station  on  Manhattan  Island  and  from  the  Man- 
hattan end  of  the  Brooklyn  Bridge  through  trains  are  run  to  all 
principal  points  on  the  island.  The  south  shore  contains  the 
well-known  resorts  of  Coney  Island,  Manhattan,  and  the  Rock- 
away  beaches,  Edgemere,  Arverne,  Long  Beach,  Babylon,  Bay 
Shore,  Islip,  and  Blue  Point. 

Atlantic  Highlands.  A  village  on  Sandy  Hook,  with  several 
hotels.  There  is  much  of  picturesque  and  historic  interest  in 
the  neighborhood.  Reached  by  the  Sandy  Hook  steamers. 


130  RAND    McNALLY   NEW  YORK   GUIDE 

Long  Branch.  Long  Branch  includes  sections  known  as 
Elberon,  West  End,  Holly  Wood,  Norwood,  Branchport,  East 
Long  Branch,  North  Long  Branch,  and  Pleasure  Bay.  There 
are  about  40  hotels,  with  ample  accommodations.  Frequent 
trains  via  the  Pennsylvania,  the  Central  Railroad  of  New 
Jersey,  and  the  Sandy  Hook  (steamers  New  York  to  Sandy 
Hook,  thence  rail)  connect  New  York  and  Long  Branch,  and 
there  is  splendid  river  boat  service  eight  months  in  the  year. 
An  electric  line  connects  Long  Branch  with  practically  all 
the  resorts  along  the  northern  shore  of  New  Jersey. 

Asbury  Park,  located  on  the  North  Jersey  Coast  fifty 
miles  south  of  New  York,  is  the  social  center  of  a  chain  of 
twenty  notable  resorts  extending  from  Sandy  Hook  to  Sea 
Girt.  It  has  all  the  best  attractions  of  every  other  seaside 
resort  in  America,  but  stands  alone  for  its  marvelous  com- 
bination of  country  and  seashore.  Three  fresh-water  lakes 
afford  all  the  delights  of  canoeing.  Its  great  stretch  of  ocean 
front  is  bordered  by  one  of  the  finest  promenades  in  the 
world.  Seven  beaches  of  soft,  clean  sand  give  health  and 
delight  to  thousands.  Especially  for  children  is  Asbury  Park 
a  paradise,  its  free  pavilions  and  recreation  pier  forming  a 
popular  feature.  At  the  Arcade  one  of  the  best  bands  plays 
twice  daily.  In  the  Casino  high-class  theatricals  are  a  nightly 
feature,  while  at  the  Auditorium  at  Ocean  Grove,  seating 
thousands,  oratorios  and  concerts  are  given  all  summer  by  a 
permanent  chorus  of  one  thousand  voices  and  orchestra  of 
sixty-five,  and  the  most  powerful  organ  in  the  world.  Many 
of  the  stars  of  Grand  Opera  and  the  best  musical  organizations 
of  America  can  be  heard  there.  The  features  herewith 
pictured  prove  Asbury  Par!:,  to  be  one  of  the  most  wonderful 
seaside  resorts  of  the  new  century. 

It  is  reached  all  rail  by  the  Pennsylvania  system  and  the 
Central  Railroad  of  New  Jersey ;  by  the  express  steamers  and 
trains  of  the  Sandy  Hook  Route.  Excursion  fare,  unlimited 
ticket,  good  on  all  routes,  $1.75.  One  hundred  trains,  vesti- 
buled  and  parlor  car  service,  each  day.  Patten  Line  boats  for 
Pleasure  Bay,  connecting  with  Asbury  Park  trolley,  leave  the 
Battery  four  times  daily,  80  cents  for  the  round  trip. 

Ocean  Grove.  A  seaside  town  under  the  control  of  an 
association  of  Methodist  clergymen. 

About  250  hotels,  provide  good  accommodations  at  rates 
within  the  reach  of  all  purses. 

Transportation  from  New  York  City  is  via  the  Pennsyl- 
vania, the  Central  Railroad  of  New  Jersey,  and  the  Sandy 
Hook  steamers  (New  York  to  Sandy  Hook,  thence  by  rail). 


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NEW  YORK   CITY 

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In  short,  from  Rathskeller  to  Roof 
Garden  throughout  twenty-six 
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